EMC Connectrix B Series Hardware Reference Manual page 82

Glossary
Alias Address
Identifier
Alias AL_PA
Alias Server
AL_TIME
Arbitrated
Arbitration
Area Number
Authentication
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An address identifier recognized by a port in addition to its standard
identifier. An alias address identifier may be shared by multiple
ports.
An AL_PA value recognized by an L_Port in addition to the AL_PA
assigned to the port. See also AL_PA.
A fabric software facility that supports multicast group management.
AL_PA Arbitrated loop physical address. A unique 8-bit value assigned
during loop initialization to a port in an arbitrated loop.
Arbitrated loop timeout value. Twice the amount of time it would
take for a transmission word to propagate around a worst-case loop.
The default value is 15 milliseconds (ms).
ANSI American National Standards Institute. The governing body for Fibre
Channel standards in the U.S.A.
API Application programming interface. A defined protocol that allows
applications to interface with a set of services.
A shared Fibre Channel transport structured as a loop. Supports up
Loop to 126 devices and one fabric attachment. See also Topology.
A method of gaining orderly access to a shared-loop topology.
A number assigned to each potential port location in the ED- 12000B.
Used to distinguish ED- 12000B ports that have the same port
number but are on different port cards.
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. A TCP/IP function for associating an IP
address with a link-level address.
ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit.
ATM Asynchronous transfer mode. A transport used for transmitting data
over LANs or WANs that transmit fixed-length units of data.
Provides any-to-any connectivity, and allows nodes to transmit
simultaneously.
The process of verifying that an entity in a fabric (such as a switch) is
what it claims to be. See also Digital Certificate, Switch-to-Switch
Authentication.