McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual page 362

Glossary
link incident
link incident alerts
local area network
loopback test
loop initialization
primitive
managed product
g-10 E/OS Command Line Interface User Manual
L
local area
LAN See
link incident.
LIN See
Physical connection between two devices on a switched fabric. A link
link
consists of two conductors, one used for sending and the other for
receiving, thereby providing a duplex communication path.
LIN. Interruption to link due to loss of light or other causes. See also
link incident alerts.
A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the Element Manager
application Hardware View that indicates that a link incident has
occurred. See also
Loop Initialization Primitives. See
LIPS
LAN. A computer network in a localized geographical area (for
example, a building or campus), whose communications technology
provides a high-bandwidth medium to which many nodes are
connected (D). See also
Test that checks attachment or control unit circuitry, without
checking the mechanism itself, by returning the output of the
mechanism as input.
LIP. In an arbitrated loop device, a process by which devices
connected to hub ports (H_Ports) on the arbitrated loop device notify
other devices and the switch of the presence in the loop by sending
LIP sequences and subsequent frames through the loop. This process
allows linked arbitrated loop devices to perform fabric loop port
(FL_Port) arbitration as they link through hub ports.
M
Hardware product that can be managed with the Element Manager
application. Most directors and switches are managed products. See
also device.
network.
link incident.
loop initialization
storage area
primitive.
network.