Dell DR4000 Glossary page 10

FAT
Fault Domain
FC
FE
Fibre Channel (FC)
File Allocation Table
(FAT)
File Transfer Protocol
(FTP)
Front End Network (FE)
FTP
GB
Gigabyte(s) (GB)
group
HBA
HIT/LE
HIT/ME
HIT/VM
host
host adapter
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) A device, typically an add-on card, that connects a server to a SAN (Storage Area Network).
Host Integration Tools
for Linux (HIT/LE)
Host Integration Tools
for Windows (HIT/ME)
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See File Allocation Table.
Within the Dell Compellent Storage Center environment, a Fault Domain identifies a failover
set. In Virtual Port mode, all front-end ports can be part of the one fault domain. In Legacy
Mode, each primary and reserved port creates one fault domain.
See Fibre Channel.
See Front End Network.
A high-speed interconnect used to connect servers to controllers and back-end disk
enclosures. FC components include HBAs, hubs, switches, and cabling. The term FC also
refers to a high-speed, fully duplexed serial communication protocol permitting data transfer
rates of up to 10 Gigabit per second.
The file system structure used by MS-DOS to organize and keep track of file storage. The
Microsoft Windows operating systems can optionally use a FAT file system structure.
An application layer protocol used to transfer bulk-data files between machines or hosts.
The component in the Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN flow of data writes (server to
switch to controller to disks) that initiates data writes. In general, servers (or switches) are
the front end of the controller. However, a Storage Center system that is replicating data to a
remote system is the front end of the remote system. See back end.
See File Transfer Protocol.
See Gigabyte(s).
1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity; the
term is usually rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes.
See PS Series group.
See Host Bus Adapter.
See Host Integration Tools for Linux.
See Host Integration Tools for Windows.
See Host Integration Tools for VMware.
In the Dell AIM environment, a host may be a physical server (rack-mounted or blade) or
virtual machine. In the Dell AIM SDK, a superclass that includes blade servers, rack-
mounted servers, and virtual machines (VMs).
A controller that implements communication between the system's bus and the peripheral
device, typically a storage device.
Each HBA is uniquely identified on the SAN by its WWPN (World Wide Port Number).
Common HBA types include Fiber Channel and iSCSI.
A suite of tools that integrate ESX systems with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. It
includes the Auto Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE), EqualLogic Datastore
Manager, and EqualLogic Virtual Desktop Deployment Utility.
A suite of applications that enable you to configure and manage an array. It includes ASM/
ME, DSM (Multipath I/O Device Specific Module), and RSW (Remote Setup Wizard).