EMC Connectrix B Series Hardware Reference Manual page 116

Glossary
In-band
Insistent Domain ID
Integrated Fabric
Intercabinet
Intermix
Interswitch Link
Intracabinet
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I2C Related to internal circuitry on motherboard.
ICT Intracircuit Test.
ID_ID Insistent Domain ID. A parameter under the
the Fabric OS.
Idle
Continuous transmission of an ordered set over a Fibre Channel link
when no data is being transmitted, to keep the link active and
maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization.
iFCP
Internet Fibre Channel Protocol. Supports Fibre Channel Layer 4
FCP-over-TCP/IP. It is a gateway-to-gateway protocol in which
TCP/IP switching and routing components enhance or replace Fibre
Channel fabric.
Transmission of management protocol over the Fibre Channel.
Initiator A server or workstation on a Fibre Channel network that initiates
communications with storage devices. See also Target.
A mode that sets the domain ID of a switch as insistent, so that it
Mode remains the same over reboots, power cycles, failovers, and fabric
reconfigurations. This mode is required to support FICON traffic.
The fabric created by connecting multiple switches with multiple ISL
cables, and configuring the switches to handle traffic as a seamless
group.
A specification for copper cabling that allows up to 33-meter
distances between cabinets.
Allows any unused bandwidth in a Class 1 connection.
See ISL.
A specification for copper cabling that allows up to a 13-meter
(42-foot) distance within a single cabinet.
IOCTL
I/O control.
IOD
In-order delivery. A parameter that, when set, guarantees that frames
are either delivered in order or dropped.
command in
configure