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SANbox 9000 Series QuickTools
Switch Management User Guide
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Configured Zone Sets
The zone sets stored on a switch
excluding the active zone set.
Default Visibility
Zoning parameter that determines the
level of communication among
ports/devices when there is no active zone
set.
Domain ID
User defined number that identifies the
switch in the fabric.
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.
Fabric Database
The set of fabrics that have been opened
during a QuickTools session.
Fabric Management Switch
The switch through which the fabric is
managed.
Fabric Name
User defined name associated with the file
that contains user list data for the fabric.
Fabric Port
An F_Port
Fabric View File
A file containing a set of fabrics that were
opened and saved during a previous
QuickTools session.
Failover
Automatically switching control from one
CPU to another due to an error condition.
Fan Fail LED
An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in
the switch is operating below standard.
Flash Memory
Memory on the switch that contains the
chassis control firmware.
Force PROM Mode
See Maintenance Mode.
Frame
Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame
(SOF) delimiter, header, data payload,
CRC, and an end-of-frame (EOF)
delimiter.
Hard Zone
Hard zoning divides the fabric for purposes
of controlling discovery and inbound traffic.
Heartbeat LED
A chassis LED that indicates the status of
the internal switch processor and the
results of the Power-On Self-Test.
Inactive Firmware
The firmware image on the switch that is
not in use.
In-band Management
The ability to manage a switch through
another switch over an inter-switch link.
Initiator
The device that initiates a data exchange
with a target device.