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Phantom Device
PID
PKI
PKI Certification Utility
PLA
PLD
PLDA
PLOGI
Point-to-Point
Port
Port Address
Port Cage
Port Card
Port Log
A device that is not physically in an arbitrated loop but is logically
included through the use of a phantom address.
Port identifier.
Public key infrastructure. An infrastructure that is based on public
key cryptography and CA (certificate authority), and uses digital
certificates. See also CA, Digital Certificate, Public Key Cryptography.
Public key infrastructure certification utility. A utility that makes it
possible to collect certificate requests from switches and load
certificates to switches. See also Digital Certificate, PKI.
Programmable logic array. A small FPD.
Programmable logic device. Interchangeable with FPD.
Private loop direct-attached. A technical report specifying a logical
loop.
Port Login. The port-to-port login process by which initiators
establish sessions with targets. See also FLOGI.
A Fibre Channel topology that employs direct links between each
pair of communicating entities. See also Topology.
In an EMC Connectrix B switch environment, an SFP or GBIC
receptacle on a switch to which an optic cable for another device is
attached.
In Fibre Channel technology, the port address is defined in
hexadecimal. In the Fabric OS, a port address can be defined by a
domain and port number combination or by area number. In an
ESCON Director, an address used to specify port connectivity
parameters and to assign link addresses for attached channels and
control units.
The metal casing extending out of the optical port on the switch, and
in which the GBIC or SFP can be inserted.
A Fibre Channel card that contains optical port interfaces.
A record of all activity on a switch, kept in volatile memory.
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