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Access Control List
Zone
Access Control List zoning divides the fabric for purposes of controlling
discovery and inbound traffic.
Active Zone Set The zone set that defines the current zoning for the fabric.
Active Firmware The firmware image on the switch that is in use.
Activity LED A port LED that indicates when frames are entering or leaving the port.
Administrative State State that determines the operating state of the port, I/O blade, or switch. The
configured administrative state is stored in the switch configuration. The
configured administrative state can be temporarily overridden using the
command line interface.
Alarm A message generated by the switch that specifically requests attention.
Alarms are generated by several switch processes. Some alarms can be
configured.
Alias A named set of ports or devices. An alias is not a zone, and can not have a
zone or another alias as a member.
AL_PA Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
Arbitrated Loop A Fibre Channel topology where ports use arbitration to establish a
point-to-point circuit.
Arbitrated Loop
Physical Address
(AL_PA)
A unique one-byte value assigned during loop initialization to each NL_Port
on a loop.
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit. A chip designed for a specific
applications, such as a transmission protocol or a computer.
Auto Save Zoning parameter that determines whether changes to the active zone set that
a switch receives from other switches in the fabric will be saved to permanent
memory on that switch.