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SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch
Installation Guide
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Output Power LED
A power supply LED that indicates that the
power supply is providing DC voltage to
the switch.
Over Temperature LED
A chassis LED or a power supply LED that
indicates that the switch or power supply is
overheating.
Pending Firmware
The firmware image that will be activated
upon the next switch reset.
POST
Power On Self Test
Power On Self Test (POST)
Diagnostics that the switch chassis
performs at start up.
Principal Switch
The switch in the fabric that manages
domain ID assignments.
SANbox Manager
Switch management application.
SFP
Small Form-Factor Pluggable.
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
A transceiver device, smaller than a
GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into
the Fibre Channel port.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
Soft Zone
Soft zoning divides the fabric for purposes
of controlling discovery. Members of the
same soft zone automatically discover and
communicate freely with all other
members of the same zone.
Target
A storage device that responds to an
initiator device.
User Account
An object stored on a switch that consists
of an account name, password, authority
level, and expiration date.
User Account Security
A component of fabric security that
provides for the administration and
authentication of account names,
passwords, expiration dates, and authority
level.
VCCI
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
Worldwide Name (WWN)
A unique 64-bit address assigned to a
device by the device manufacturer.
WWN
Worldwide Name
Zone
A set of ports or devices grouped together
to control the exchange of information.
Zone Set
A set of zones grouped together. The
active zone set defines the zoning for a
fabric.