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EMC Connectrix DS-32B2 and ED-12000B Fabric OS Reference Manual
Glossary
ESN Enterprise Storage Network. A storage network implementation that
integrates products, technology, and services offering universal data
access for every major computing platform, operating system, and
application across any combination of SCSI, Ultra SCSI, Fibre
Channel, and ESCON technologies.
Exchange The highest level Fibre Channel mechanism used for communication
between N_Ports. Composed of one or more related sequences, and
can work in one or both directions.
Extended Fabrics A product that runs on Fabric OS and allows creation of a Fibre
Channel fabric interconnected over distances of up to 100 kilometers.
F
F_Port Fabric port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol and
interface over links. Can be used to connect an N_Port to a switch.
See also FL_Port and Fx_Port.
Fabric A Fibre Channel network containing two or more switches in
addition to hosts and devices. May also be referred to as a switched
fabric. See also Top ology , ESN, and Cascade.
Fabric Access Allows the application to control the fabric directly for functions such
as discovery, access (zoning) management, performance, and switch
control. Consists of a host-based library that interfaces the application
to switches in the fabric over an out-of-band TCP/IP connection or
in-band using an IP-capable host bus adapter (HBA).
Fabric Name The unique identifier assigned to a fabric and communicated during
login and port discovery.
Failover The act that causes control to pass from one redundant unit to
another.
FC-AL-3 The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop standard defined by ANSI.
Defined on top of the FC-PH standards.
FCIA Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international organization of
Fibre Channel industry professionals. Provides oversight of ANSI
and industry-developed standards, among other tasks.
FC-FLA The Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attach standard defined by ANSI.