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Glossary
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
User’s Manual 59010-06 Rev. A Glossary
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Over Temperature LED
An LED that indicates that air temperature inside the
switch has exceeded a preset limit.
POST
Power-On-Self-Test
Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
Diagnostics that the switch chassis performs at start
up.
Private Device
A device that can communicate only with other
devices on the same loop.
Private Loop
A loop of private devices connected to a single
switch port.
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
A protocol that enables systems to query the
network to identify devices by their MAC address
SANsurfer
Web-based switch management application.
Segmented Loop
A set of private loops that behave as one private
loop.
SL_Port
Segmented Loop Port. A port connected to a loop of
private devices.
SL_Port Zone
A set of SL_Ports and their connected devices that
behave as a single private loop.
SL Private Loop
A stage type that defines all ports on a switch as
SL_Ports and groups them together in a segmented
loop zone.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
Stage Type
A parameter that determines how the ports of a
switch are configured.
Switch Logic Power Good LED
An LED that indicates when power is being supplied
to the switch.
Switch Management Connector
A connector port on the switch that provides
Ethernet access for the Management Workstation.
Switch Name
User defined name for a switch
Super User
A user of the switch management program who has
authority to define switch parameters and user
access.
Target
A storage device that responds to an initiator device.
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
T_Port
Trunk port. A switch port that connects to another
switch.
Traffic LED
A port LED that indicates when frames are entering
or leaving the port.
Trunk Port
See T_Port.
VCCI
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
World Wide Name (WWN)
A unique 64-bit address assigned to a device by the
device manufacturer.