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fiber
A fiber or optical strand. Spelled fibre in Fibre Channel.
fiber optic cable
A transmission medium designed to transmit digital signals in the form of pulses of light. Fiber
optic cable is noted for its properties of electrical isolation and resistance to electrostatic
contamination.
flush
The act of writing dirty data from cache to a storage media. See also dirty data.
FMU
Fault Management Utility. A utility that is run to provide fault or error reporting information.
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit. A hardware component that can be replaced at a customer location by
StorageWorks authorized service providers.
FRUTIL
Field Replacement Utility.
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter. The devices that are inserted into the ports of the Fibre Channel
switch and that hold the Fibre Channel cables.
giga
A prefix indicating a billion (10
gigabyte
A value normally associated with disk drive storage capacity, meaning a billion (10
The decimal value 1024 is usually used for one thousand.
GLM
Gigabit Link Module.
host
The primary or controlling computer to which a storage subsystem is attached.
host adapter
A device that connects a host system to a SCSI bus. The host adapter usually performs the
lowest layers of the SCSI protocol. This function may be logically and physically integrated
into the host system.
host compatibility mode
A setting used by the controller to provide optimal controller performance with specific
operating systems. This improves the controller performance and compatibility with the
specified operating system.
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