EMC Connectrix B Series Hardware Reference Manual page 84

Glossary
Blower Assembly
Boot Flash
Boot Monitor
Broadcast
Buffer-to-Buffer Flow
Control
Cascade
Chassis
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Blade See 16-Port Card.
Block As applies to Fibre Channel, upper-level application data that is
transferred in a single sequence.
A fan that prevents a switch (or individual elements within a switch)
from over heating.
Flash memory that stores the boot code and boot parameters. The
processor executes its first instructions from boot flash. Data is
cached in RAM.
Code used to initialize the CP (control processor) environment after
powering on. Identifies the amount of memory available and how to
access it, and retrieves information about system buses.
bport Back-end port of the ASIC.
The transmission of data from a single source to all devices in the
fabric, regardless of zoning. See also Multicast and Unicast.
Management of the frame transmission rate in either a point-to-point
topology or in an arbitrated loop. See also BB_Credit.
C
CA Certificate authority. A trusted organization that issues digital
certificates. See also Digital Certificate.
CAM Content-addressable memory.
CAN Campus area network. A network comprising a limited area but not
just one building. See also LAN, MAN, WWN.
The interconnection means through which data flows from one
switch to another in a fabric.
CFG Configuration.
CFN Change fabric name. Refers to an ELS field that appears in
portlogdump
The metal frame in which the switch and switch components are
mounted.
command output.