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Glossary
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operating status (Director)
The operating status depends on hardware component failures, which are indicated by
alert symbols that display in SDCM application views.
Open Systems Management Server
An optional feature that can be enabled on the Director or switch through the Product
Manager application. When enabled, host control and management of the Director or
switch are provided through an open systems interconnection (OSI) device attached to a
Director or switch port.
optical cable
Fiber, multiple fibers, or a fiber bundle in a structure built to meet optical, mechanical, and
environmental specifications. See also jumper cable, optical cable assembly, and trunk
cable.
optical cable assembly
Optical cable that is connector-terminated. See also jumper cable and optical cable.
optical fiber connector
Hardware component that transfers optical power between two optical fibers or bundles
and is designed to be repeatedly connected and disconnected.
out-of-band management
Transmission of management information using frequencies or channels other than those
routinely used for information transfer.
packet
Logical unit of information (usually in the form of a data frame) transmitted on a network.
It contains a header (with all relevant addressing and timing information), the actual data,
and a trailer (which contains the error checking function, usually in the form of a cyclic
redundancy check).
password
Unique string of characters known to the computer system and to a user who must specify
it to gain full or limited access to a system and to the information stored within it.
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