User`s guide

B – Glossary
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Port Ports are access points in a device where a link
attaches. There are four types of ports, as follows:
N_Port is a Fibre Channel device port that supports
point-to-point topology.
NL_Port is a Fibre Channel device port that supports
loop topology.
F_Port is a port in a fabric where an N_Port can attach.
FL_Port is a port in a fabric where an NL_Port can
attach.
SAN SAN stands for storage area network, which consists
of multiple storage units and servers connected by
networking topology.
SCSI SCSI stands for small computer system interface. The
original SCSI specification was a hardware bus
specification and a packet-oriented protocol
specification for communicating on that bus. SCSI over
Fibre Channel uses the packet-oriented protocol to
communicate with storage devices on the Fibre
Channel.
SPIFFI SPIFFI stands for specification for
platform-independent failover and failback integration.
It is a cooperative effort that defines a
nonvendor-specific failover mechanism.