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fault-tolerant virtual
disk A virtual disk that provides protection of data in the event of a single
disk drive failure by employing RAID 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, or 50. RAID 6 also
provides protection against the failure of two drives.
FC See Fibre Channel (FC).
FC-AL See Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL).
Fibre Channel (FC) A serial I/O bus capable of supporting multiple protocols, including
access to open system storage (FCP protocol), access to mainframe
storage (FICON protocol), and IP. Fibre Channel supports point to
point, arbitrated loop, and switched topologies. (SNIA)
Fibre Channel-
Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL) A form of Fibre Channel network in which up to 126 nodes are
connected in a loop topology, with each node's L_Port transmitter
connecting to the L_Port receiver of the node to its logical right. Nodes
connected to a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop arbitrate for the single
transmission that can occur on the loop at any instant using a Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop protocol that is different from Fibre Channel
switched and point-to-point protocols. An arbitrated loop may be
private (no fabric connection) or public (attached to a fabric by an
FL_Port). (SNIA)
field-replaceable unit
(FRU) An assembly component that is designed to be replaced on site, without
the system having to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.
FRU See field-replaceable unit (FRU).
Gbyte (GB) Gigabyte. Equivalent to 1000 Kbyte for data storage and statistics, or
1024 Mbyte for memory.
global spare A spare disk drive that is available to all virtual disks in a system.
HBA See host bus adapter (HBA).
HIM Host interface module.
308 HP StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array reference guide • August 2008