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Glossary
update messages from active components to their peer standby
components. FSS determines if fabric elements are synchronized (and
thus FSS "compliant").
FTP File Transfer Protocol.
FTS Fiber Transport Services.
Full Duplex A mode of communication that allows the same port to
simultaneously transmit and receive frames. See also Half Duplex.
Full Fabric The EMC software license that allows multiple E_Ports on a switch,
making it possible to create multiple ISLs.
Full Fabric Citizenship A loop device that has an entry in the Simple Name Server.
Fx_Port A fabric port that can operate as either an F_Port or FL_Port. See also
F_Port and FL_Port.
G
G_Port Generic port. A port that can operate as either an E_Port or F_Port. A
port is defined as a G_Port when it is not yet connected or has not yet
assumed a specific function in the fabric.
Gateway Hardware that connects incompatible networks by providing
translation for both hardware and software. For example, an ATM
gateway can be used to connect a Fibre Channel link to an ATM
connection.
GBIC Gigabit interface converter. A removable serial transceiver module
that allows gigabaud physical level transport for Fibre Channel and
Gigabit Ethernet. GBIC and SFP terms are used interchangeably
throughout the documentation, although they are different types of
optics and the hardware is not interchangeable. See also SFP.
Gb/s Gigabits per second (1,062,500,000 bits/second).
GB/s GigaBytes per second (1,062,500,000 bytes/second).
GLM Gigabit Link Module. A semitransparent transceiver that
incorporates serializing/deserializing functions.
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