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error message
Indication that an error has been detected. See also information message and warning
message.
Ethernet
A widely implemented local area network (LAN) protocol that uses a bus or star topology
and served as the basis for the IEEE 802.3 standard, which specifies the physical and
software layers. Baseband LAN allows multiple station access to the transmission medium
at will without prior coordination and which avoids or resolves contention.
Ethernet hub
A device used to connect the EFM Server and the Directors it manages.
event code
Code that provides the operator with information concerning events.
event log
Record of significant events that have occurred on the Director, such as FRU failures,
degraded operation, and port problems.
expansion port
Physical interface on a Fibre Channel switch within a fabric, that attaches to an expansion
port (E_Port) on another Fibre Channel switch to form a multi-switch fabric. See also
segmented E_Port.
explicit fabric login
Data field size, supported by an F_Port, that is agreed upon during fabric login.
fabric
Entity that interconnects N_Ports and is capable of routing (switching) Fibre Channel
frames using the destination ID information in the Fibre Channel frame header
accompanying the frames.
fabric element
Any active Director or node in a switched fabric.
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