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PAGE 296 QLOGIC SWITCH INTEROPERABILITY GUIDE
VERSION 1.0, MARCH 2003
Glossary
Private Loop
A loop of private devices connected to a
single switch port.
pwwn
Port world wide name. See World Wide
Port Name.
R_A_TOV
Resource-allocation timeout value
SAN
Storage area network
SANbox Manager
Switch management application
SFF
Small form-factor transceiver
SFP
Small form-factor pluggable. A transceiver
device, smaller than a gigabit interface
converter, that plugs into the Fibre
Channel port.
Small Form Factor
A transceiver device, smaller than a
gigabit interface converter, that is
permanently attached to the circuit board.
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
Target
A storage device that responds to an
initiator device.
Timeout Values
The timeout values (TOV) required by the
FC-SW-2 standard to successfully
establish an E-port connection.
TOV
Timeout values. The timeout values
required by the FC-SW-2 standard to
successfully establish an E-port
connection.
VCCI
Voluntary control council for interference
VIEnable
Diagnostics that the switch chassis
performs at start up.
.device manufacturer.
FC-VI. When enabled, VI preference
frames will be transmitted ahead of other
frames.
World Wide Name (WWN)
A unique 64-bit address assigned to a
device. The WWN consists of a world wide
node name and a world wide port name.
World Wide Node Name (WWNN)
A unique address assigned to a device.
World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
A unique address assigned to a port on a
device. There can be more than one
WWPN per WWNN.
WWN
World wide name