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EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Windows Installation Guide
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Glossary
Fibre Channel A high-speed, serial, bidirectional, topology-independent,
multi-protocol, highly scalable interconnection between computers,
networks, and peripherals.
Fibre Channel
adapter (controller)
The name for the printed-circuit board within the computer chassis
that allows the server to access the storage system through the Fibre
Channel. Also called a host bus adapter (HBA).
FLARE software Microcode that controls the operation of the storage system. You can
update FLARE software using Navisphere Manager.
H
host See server.
Host Agent Software that runs on the server that is connected to the storage
system and that communicates with the FLARE software on the
storage system. For more information on the Navisphere Agent, refer
to the Navisphere Agent and CLI manual for NetWare environments.
hot repair See replace under power.
hot spare A disk module bound as a global hot spare that the storage system
will use automatically to replace any failed disk module in a RAID 1,
RAID 1/0, RAID 3, or RAID 5 LUN.
I
individual (disk) unit A disk module bound as an individual unit, independent of any other
disk modules in the cabinet. An individual unit has no inherent
high-availability feature, but since the operating system supports
software mirroring, you can make it highly available by software
mirroring it with another individual unit, preferably on a different
internal bus.
Initialization Utility Set network parameters for CX-Series storage systems. The
Initialization Utility uses a wizard as its user interface. The
easy-to-use wizard guides you through the steps required to initialize
your storage system.