McDATA Sphereon 4500 User Manual page 207

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SAN
SANpilot
SC
segmented E_Port
SEL
SFP transceivers
small form factor
pluggable (SFP)
transceivers
simple mail transfer
protocol
SMTP
SNMP
SNMP community
SNMP community
name
See storage area network.
A management interface embedded on the switch's code which offers
features similar to, but not as robust as, the EFC Manager and
Product Manager.
Subscriber connectors.
E_Port that has ceased to function as an E_Port within a multiswitch
fabric due to an incompatibility between the fabrics that it joins. See
also expansion port.
System error light.
See small form factor transceivers.
Laser-based optical transceivers for a wide range of networking
applications requiring high data rates. The transceivers, which are
designed for increased densities, performance, and reduced power,
are well-suited for Fibre Channel applications.
The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet. It is a TCP/IP protocol
that defines the message format and the message transfer agent,
which stores and forwards the mail.
See simple mail transfer protocol.
Simple Network Management Protocol. Specifies a mechanism for
network management that is complete, yet simple. Information is
exchanged between agents, which are the devices on the network
being managed, and managers, which are the devices on the network
through which the management is done.
Also known as SNMP community string. SNMP community is a
cluster of managed products (in SNMP terminology, hosts) to which
the server or managed product running the SNMP agent belongs.
The name assigned to a given SNMP community. Queries from an
SNMP management station to a device running an SNMP agent will
only elicit a response if those queries are addressed with the correct
SNMP community name.
Glossary
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