Installation guide

Glossary-4 59055-00 B
SANbox 5200 Fibre Channel Switch
Installation Guide
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Pending Firmware
The firmware image that will be activated
upon the next switch reset.
POST
Power-On Self Test
Power-On Self Test
Diagnostics that the switch chassis
performs at start up.
Principal Switch
The switch in the fabric that manages
domain ID assignments.
SANbox Manager
Switch management application.
Simple Network Management Protocol
An application protocol that manages and
monitors network communications and
functions. It also controls the Management
Information Base (MIB).
SFP
Small Form-Factor Pluggable.
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
A transceiver device, smaller than a
GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into
the Fibre Channel port.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
Soft Zone
Soft zoning divides the fabric for purposes
of controlling discovery. Members of the
same soft zone automatically discover and
communicate freely with all other
members of the same zone.
Target
A storage device that responds to an
initiator device.
User Account
An object stored on a switch that consists
of an account name, password, authority
level, and expiration date.
User Account Security
A component of fabric security that
provides for the administration and
authentication of account names,
passwords, expiration dates, and authority
level.
VCCI
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
A consortium of Japanese electronics
industry associations that have
established voluntary standards for
controlling electromagnetic interference
(EMI).
Worldwide Name (WWN)
A unique 64-bit address assigned to a
device by the device manufacturer.
WWN
Worldwide Name
XPAK
A specification authored by a consortium
of companies to govern the development
of small form factor 10 Gigabit modules.
Zone
A set of ports or devices grouped together
to control the exchange of information.