EMC Connectrix EC-1200 Planning Manual page 216

Glossary
Host Bus Adapter
In-Band Management
Information Message
Input/Output
Interface
Internet Protocol
Interoperability
Interswitch Link
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Hop Data movement from one node to the next.
A bus card in a host system that allows the host system to connect to
a fabric.
I
I/O See Input/Output.
IML Initial Machine Load, initiated through the IML button on a
Connectrix switch. An IML issues a hardware reset for all installed
CTP subsystems on the switch, but does not affect other hardware.
Transmission of monitoring/control functions over the Fibre Channel
interface.
A message telling a user that a function is performing normally or
has completed normally. User acknowledgement might or might not
be required, depending on the message. See also Error Message and
Warning Message.
(1) Pertaining to a device whose parts can perform an input process
and an output process at the same time. (2) Pertaining to a functional
unit or channel involved in an input process, output process, or both
(concurrently or not), and to the data involved in such a process.
(3) Pertaining to input, output, or both.
(1) A shared boundary between two functional units, defined by
functional characteristics, signal characteristics, or other
characteristics as appropriate. The concept includes the specification
of the connection of two devices having different functions. (2)
Hardware, software, or both, that links systems, programs, or
devices.
See IP.
The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data
between various functional units over a network.
See ISL.