Compaq StorageWorks SAN Director 64 Installation Manual page 147

Glossary g–9
fabric port
Physical interface within the fabric that connects to an N_Port through a point-to-point full
duplex connection.
failover
Automatic and non-disruptive transition of functions from an active FRU that has failed to
a backup FRU.
FCC-IOC
See Fibre Channel I/O controller.
FE-MIB
See Fibre Channel fabric element.
fiber
Physical media types supported by the Fibre Channel specification, such as optical fiber,
twisted pair, and coaxial cable.
fiber optics
Branch of optical technology concerned with the transmission of light pulses through
fibers made of transparent materials such as glass, fused silica, and plastic.
fiber port module card
Each fiber port module card provides four Fibre Channel connections through duplex
small form factor (SFF) pluggable fiber-optic transceivers.
Fibre Channel
Integrated set of standards recognized by ANSI which defines specific protocols for
flexible information transfer. Logically, a point-to-point serial data channel, structured for
high performance.
Fibre Channel fabric element
Any device linked to a fabric. Information about these devices is recorded in a
management information base (MIB) which can be accessed by fabric management
software.