Glossary - HP 2100 ER User Manual

Glossary

A
ANSI An acronym for the
American National Standards
Institute, the coordinating
organization for voluntary
standards in the United States.
Arbitrated loop topology Fibre
Channel topology that provides a
low-cost solution to attach multiple
communicating ports in a loop
without switches.
Asynchronous SCSI signals are
transmitted one at a time down the
SCSI communication path.
ATM Asynchronous Transfer
Mode
C
CDB An acronym for the
Command Descriptor Block.
CRC An acronym for Cyclic
Redundancy Check. An error-
correcting code used in Fibre
Channel.
D
Differential SCSI A SCSI
implementation that allows a cable
length of up to 25 meters.
Glossary
F
Fabric Fibre Channel-defined
interconnection methodology that
supports high-speed data routing
in Fibre Channel networks.
FC-AL An acronym for Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop topology.
FC-SW An acronym for Fibre
Channel Switched topology. The
highest performance Fibre
Channel fabric, providing a choice
of multiple path routings between
pairs of F-ports.
FDDI An acronym for the Fibre
Distributed Data Interface. ANSI's
architecture for a Metropolitan
Area Network; a network based on
the use of optical fibre cable to
transmit data at 100 MBsc
Fibre Bridge Bi-directional
connectivity for data transfers
between Fibre and SCSI.
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