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Glossary
remote user workstation
Workstation, such as a PC, using the HAFM and Product Manager applications that can access
the HAFM server over a LAN connection.
resource allocation time-out value (R_A_TOV)
User-specified value used to time out operations that depend on the maximum possible time
that a frame could be delayed in a fabric and still be delivered.
RFI
Acronym for radio frequency interface.
SAN
See storage area network.
SBAR
See serial crossbar assembly.
segmented E_Port
E_Port that has ceased to function as an E_Port within a multiswitch fabric due to an
incompatibility between the fabrics that it joins. See also expansion port.
SEL
System error light.
serial crossbar (SBAR) assembly
Responsible for Fibre Channel frame transmission from any Director port to any other
Director port. Connections are established without software intervention.
SFP
Acronym for small form factor pluggable (a type of Fibre Channel connector). See also
universal port module card.
simple Network management protocol (SNMP)
A protocol that specifies a mechanism for network management that is complete, yet simple.
Information is exchanged between agents, which are the devices on the network being
managed, and managers, which are the devices on the network through which the management
is done.
SNMP
See simple network management protocol.
SNMP community
Also known as SNMP community string. An SNMP community is a cluster of managed
products (in SNMP terminology, hosts) to which a server or managed product running the
SNMP agent belongs.
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