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McDATA 4314 Fibre Channel Switch Module Installation Guide
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B
BootP Boot Strap Protocol. A type of network server.
Buffer Credit A measure of port buffer capacity equal to one frame.
C
Cascade Topology A fabric in which the switches are connected in series. If you connect the last
switch back to the first switch, you create a cascade-with-a-loop topology.
Class 2 Service A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or
more N_Ports wit h acknowledgment provided.
Chassis Hop A measure of fabric latency represented by the ISL that any frame crosses
when travelling from one switch to another. A frame that travels from one
switch to another over an ISL experiences one chassis hop.
Class 3 Service A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or
more N_Ports without acknowledgment.
Configured Zone Sets The zone sets stored on a switch excluding the active zone set.
D
Default Visibility Zoning parameter that determines the level of communication among
ports/devices when there is no active zone set.
Device Security A component of fabric security that provides for the authorization and
authentication of devices that attach to a switch through the use of groups
and security sets.
Domain ID User defined number that identifies the switch in the fabric.
E
EFCM BASIC Switch management application.
Event Log Log of messages describing events that occur in the fabric.
Expansion Port E_Port that connects to another FC-SW-2 compliant switch.
F
Fabric Database The set of fabrics that have been opened during a EFCM BASIC session.