McDATA Sphereon 4500 User Manual page 198

Glossary
hardware log
hardware
management console
heterogeneous fabric
homogeneous fabric
hop count
hexadecimal
high availability
hop count
host bus adapter
hot-swapping
g-10 McDATA® Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual
GUI Graphical User Interface.
Gx_Port A configurable port type that restricts a port to operate either as an
F_Port, FL_Port, or E_Port.
H
Record of FRU insertions and removals in the switch.
The console runs the Hardware Management Console application
(HWMCA), and is the operations and management PC platform for
S/390 and zSeries servers.
HBA See host bus adapter.
A fabric with both McDATA and non-McDATA products.
A fabric consisting of only McDATA products.
The number of hops a unit of information traverses in a fabric.
A number system with a base of 16.
A performance feature characterized by hardware component
redundancy and hot-swappability (enabling non-disruptive
maintenance). High-availability systems maximize system uptime
while providing superior reliability, availability, and serviceability.
hop Data transfer from one node to another node.
ISL connections.
Logic card that provides a link between the server and storage
subsystem, and that integrates the operating systems and I/O
protocols to ensure interoperability.
Removing and replacing a device's components while the device
continues to operate normally.
hub In Fibre Channel, a device that connects nodes into a logical loop by
using a physical star topology.