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Vixel Model 335 Installation & Configuration Guide APPENDIX E Glossary
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Non-overlapping
Zones
Enables the switch to be divided into separate environments,
where each environment sustains a complete 127-device AL_PA
space.
Open An Arbitrated Loop protocol used to establish a switch circuit.
Overlapping
Zones
Devices on one port are not allowed to see devices on another
port, yet those same devices can both see a device on a third
port.
Protocol A data transmission convention which may include timing,
control, formatting, error detection with correction and data
representation.
SCSI Small Computer System Interface. Standard interface for storage
modules.
SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable transceiver. These transceivers are
fully compliant with the FC-PI and MSA standards and occupy
less than half the board space of the existing GBIC products.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol for
managing systems and devices in a network. Supports the
retrieving data, writing data, and setting traps indicating events.
Topology The logical and/or physical arrangement of stations on a
network. Fibre Channel topologies include point-to-point,
Arbitrated Loop, and switched fabric.
Transceiver A device that converts one form of signaling to another for both
transmission and reception. SFPs and GBICs are transceivers.
Zoning Dividing a network into separate areas to group devices and
isolate traffic.