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IP
IPI
ISC
iSCSI
ISL
ISL Oversubscription
Ratio
Isolated
E_Port
ISP
IU
JBOD
Jitter
K28.5
Internet Protocol. The addressing part of TCP.
Intelligent Peripheral Interface.
Internet Software Consortium.
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface. A protocol that defines
the processes for transferring block storage applications over TCP/IP
networks by encapsulating SCSI commands into TCP and
transporting them over the network via IP.
Interswitch link. A Fibre Channel link from the E_Port of one switch
to the E_Port of another. See also E_Port and Cascade.
The ratio of the number of free ports (non-ISL) to the number of ISLs
on a switch.
An E_Port that is online but not operational due to overlapping
domain IDs or nonidentical parameters (such as E_D_TOVs). See also
E_Port.
Internet service provider.
Information unit. A set of information as defined by either
upper-level process protocol definition or upper-level protocol
mapping.
J
Just a bunch of disks. A number of disks connected in a single chassis
to one or more controllers. See also RAID.
A deviation in timing for a bit stream as it flows through a physical
medium.
K
A special 10-bit character used to indicate the beginning of a
transmission word that performs Fibre Channel control and signaling
functions. The first seven bits of the character are the comma pattern.
See also Comma.
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