Glossary - HP 201723-B21 - StorageWorks Modular SAN Array 1000 Hard Drive Administration Manual

Glossary

This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a
comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
API
clone
CV
differential copy
disk array
EVA
FC
GUI
HBA
HWP
LAN
LUN
mirror
MSA
plex
PVOL
RAID
SVOL
SAN fabric
SNMP
Application Programming Interface, an interface that allows a software
application to connect to and work with a third party software application.
A full copy of a volume, usable by an application.
HP StorageWorks CommandView, a browser-based interface that allows
management of an HP disk array.
A copy of a database consisting only of the differences in the database since
the last full copy.
A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets and
including a controller and software allowing drives to be ganged together in
various configurations to create virtual drives (LUNs).
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.
Fibre Channel, a fiber optic interconnection standard commonly used for
storage area networks.
Graphical User Interface.
Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the
host to a fabric SAN.
Hardware Provider. Software that executes on the host, a bus adapter, and
the disk array to enable managing and/or copying of array LUNs through
the Windows OS and applications.
Local Area Network.
Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as surfaced by a
hardware RAID subsystem. A virtual disk, consisting of multiple portions of
physical disks addressed as a single unit.
Synonymous with "clone."
HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array.
A Microsoft term denoting a full copy of data that has been split off from the
original and is no longer being updated. Synonymous with "split mirror."
Primary volume. Typically the volume where application data is stored.
Redundant array of independent disks.
Secondary volume. The volume that receives backup copies of data.
The Fibre Channel hardware and cabling that connects servers to storage
devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN) is referred to as a "fabric." A fabric
switch provides automatically-switched connectivity between servers and storage
in the fabric.
Simple Network Management Protocol.
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