HP C7745NB - SureStore DLT Tape Autoloader 1/9 Manual page 59

Glossary
A
ANSI An acronym for the
American National Standards
Institute, the coordinating
organization for voluntary
standards in the United States.
arbitrated loop topology Fibre
Channel topology that provides a
low-cost solution to attach
multiple communicating ports in a
loop without switches.
asynchronous SCSI signals are
transmitted one at a time down
the SCSI communication path.
ATM Asynchronous Transfer
Mode
D
differential SCSI A type of SCSI
cable that can go a maximum of 25
meters.
F
fabric Fibre Channel-defined
interconnection methodology that
supports high-speed data routing
in Fibre Channel networks.
FC-AL An acronym for Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop
topology.
FC-SW An acronym for Fibre
Channel switched topology. The
highest performance Fibre
Channel fabric, providing a choice
of multiple path routings between
pairs of F-ports.
FDDI An acronym for the Fibre
Distributed Data Interface.
ANSI's architecture for a
metropolitan area network; a
network based on the use of
optical Fibre cable to transmit
data at 100 MBsc.
Fibre Bridge Bi-directional
connectivity for data transfers
between Fibre and SCSI.
Fibre Channel A switched
protocol that allows concurrent
communication among
workstations, supercomputers,
mainframes, data storage devices,
and other periperals. Fibre
Channel is capable of
transmitting at rates exceeding
one gigabit per second in both
directions simultaneously.
G
GBIC An acronym for the Gigabit
Interface Converter.
Gigabit One billion bits or one
thousand megabits.
GLM An acronym for the
Gigabaud Link Module.
H
HBA Host Bus Adapter
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