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Glossary
Error Detect Time Out Defines the time the switch waits for an expected response before
Value
declaring an error condition. The error detect time out value
(E_D_TOV) can be set within a range of two-tenths of a second to one
second using the Connectrix switch Product Manager.
Error Message
An indication that an error has been detected. See also Information
Message and Warning Message.
ESD
Electrostatic discharge.
Ethernet A baseband LAN that allows multiple station access to the
transmission medium at will without prior coordination and which
avoids or resolves contention.
Event Log A record of significant events that have occurred on a Connectrix
switch, such as FRU failures, degraded operation, and port problems.
Expansion Port A physical interface that attaches to another E_Port on a Fibre
Channel switch through an interswitch link to form a multiswitch
fabric.
Explicit Fabric Login F_Ports support a data field size that is agreed upon during fabric
login.
F
FA Fibre Adapter, another name for a Symmetrix Fibre Channel director.
Fabric One or more switching devices that interconnect Fibre Channel
N_Ports, and route Fibre Channel frames based on destination IDs in
the frame headers.
Fabric Element Any active switch or director in the fabric.
Fabric Login Process used by N_Ports to establish their operating parameters
including the presence or absence of a fabric, paths to other N_Ports,
and specific operating characteristics for each port.
Fabric Manager Software application that is the system management framework and
the user interface for managing EMC Fibre Channel connectivity
products. The Connectrix Manager can run either locally on the
Connectrix service processor or remotely on a user workstation.
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