McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual page 283

LIN
link
link incident
link incident alerts
LIP
load balancing
local
local area network
logical unit number
login server
loop
loop address
field-replaceable units (FRUs) and the front bezel to provide visual
indications of hardware status or malfunctions.
link incident.
See
Physical connection between two devices on a switched fabric. A link
consists of two conductors, one used for sending and the other for
receiving, thereby providing a duplex communication path.
LIN. Interruption to link due to loss of light or other causes. See also
link incident alerts.
A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the Element Manager
application Hardware View that indicates that a link incident has
occurred. See also link
loop initialization
See
Ability to evenly distribute traffic over multiple interswitch links
within a fabric. Load balancing on McDATA directors and switches
takes place automatically.
Synonym for channel-attached.
LAN. A computer network in a localized geographical area (for
example, a building or campus), whose communications technology
provides a high-bandwidth medium to which many nodes are
connected (D). See also
LUN. In Fibre Channel addressing, a logical unit number is a number
assigned to a storage device which, in combination with the storage
device's node port's world-wide name, represents a unique identifier
for a logical device on a storage area network. Peripherals use LUNs
to represent addresses. A small computer system interface (SCSI)
device's address can have up to eight LUNs.
Entity within the Fibre Channel fabric that receives and responds to
login requests.
A loop is a configuration of devices connected to the fabric via a
fabric loop port (FL_Port) interface card.
In Fibre Channel protocol, a term indicating the unique ID of a node
in Fibre Channel loop topology, sometimes referred to as a loop ID.
incident.
primitive.
storage area network;
Glossary
wide area network.
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