HP StorageWorks 2/16 User Manual page 172

Glossary
expansion port
Physical interface on a Fibre Channel switch within a fabric that attaches to an expansion port
(E_Port) on another Fibre Channel switch to form a multiswitch fabric. See also segmented
E_Port.
explicit fabric login
Data field size, supported by an F-Port, that is agreed upon during fabric login.
fabric
Entity that interconnects N_Ports and is capable of routing (switching) Fibre Channel frames
using the destination ID information in the Fibre Channel frame header accompanying the
frames.
fabric element
Any active switch or node in a switched fabric.
fabric port
Physical interface within the fabric that connects to an N_Port through a point-to-point full
duplex connection.
fabric services
Fabric services implements the various Fibre channel services that are described in the
standards. These services includes the Fabric controller (login server), name server, and
management server.
failover
Automatic and nondisruptive transition of functions from an active FRU that has failed to a
backup FRU.
FCC-IOC
See Fibre Channel I/O controller.
FE-MIB
See Fibre Channel Fabric Element.
feature key
A string of alphanumeric characters consisting of both uppercase and lowercase. The
following is an example of a feature key format: XxXx-XXxX-xxXX-xX.
fiber optics
Branch of optical technology concerned with the transmission of light pulses through fibers
made of transparent materials such as glass, fused silica, and plastic.
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