HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Manual page 3

AW_TOV
B
Backbone fabric
Bandwidth
BB_Credit
Beacon
BER
Bit synchronization
Bloom
Broadcast
Boot code
Boot flash
Brocade Data Migration Manager (DMM)
Brocade DCX Backbone A backbone-class platform designed to operate at the core of the Brocade
Brocade Fabric Manager (FM)
Brocade SAN Glossary
Arbitration Wait Timeout Value. The minimum time an arbitrating L_Port
waits for a response before beginning loop initialization.
A Fibre Channel fabric that enables scalable metaSANs by allowing the
networking of multiple FC routers connected to the backbone fabric via
E_Port interfaces. Devices attached to Multiprotocol Routers via F_Port or
FL_Port, or imported via the iSCSI Gateway Service, are also considered part
of the backbone.
The transmission capacity of the cable, link, or system.
Buffer-to-buffer credit; used to determine how many frames can be sent to
the recipient.
A tool in which all of the port LEDs on a switch are set to flash from one side
of the switch to the other to enable identification of an individual switch in a
large fabric.
Bit Error Rate. The rate at which bits are expected to be received in error.
Expressed as a ratio of error bits to total bits transmitted.
The condition is which a receiver is delivering retimed serial data at a
required bit error rate.
The code name given to the third-generation Brocade 2 Gbit/sec ASIC. This
ASIC is used in Brocade switches 3000 series and beyond.
Sending a transmission to all Nx_Ports on a fabric.
Software that initialized the system environment during the early phase of
the boot up process. For example, boot code may determine the amount of
available memory and how to access it.
Flash (temporary) memory that stores the boot code and boot parameters.
Brocade application that provides hardware-assisted data migration from
one storage device to another across a Brocade switch; enables the
migration of data from multiple storage devices simultaneously across
multiple fabrics; layered on the Brocade Storage Application Services (SAS).
Data Center Fabric (DCF). The Brocade DCX enables massive consolidation,
multi-protocol integration, and simplified management to dramatically
reduce operational and capital costs. It provides true interoperability with
existing SANs. See also Adaptive Networking and data center fabric.
Optionally licensed Brocade application that resides on a host computer and
enables fabric-wide management for multiple fabrics in a geographically-
dispersed location via a graphical user interface.
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