Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Manual page 38

Glossary
W
WAN
Wide area network.
WAN_TOV Wide area network timeout value.
well-known
In Fibre Channel technology, a logical address defined by Fibre Channel standards as assigned to a
address specific function and stored on the switch.
workstation
A computer used to access and manage the fabric. Also referred to as a "management station" or "host."
WTV Write timeout value. Refers to an ELS field that appears in portLogDump command output.
WWN
World Wide Name. An identifier that is unique worldwide. Each entity in a fabric has a separate WWN.
WWN-level Defines a zone member using WWW port or WWN SAN device. Defining a zone member as WWN
zoning allows the member (device) to be attached without regard to its physical location.
X
xlate domain
See translate phantom
Z
zone A logical group of member devices. Devices within the same zone have access to others in the zone but
are not visible to any device outside the zone. Zones are enabled by making them part of a
configuration, and then enabling the configuration. See also
zone In Brocade zoning, a zoning object that contains a set of zones. The configuration is the highest-level
configuration
zoning element and is used to enable or disable a set of zones on the fabric.
zone member Defines a device. A zone member can belong to more than one zone at a time.A zone member can be
defined by either
level zoning
zone object A device defined in the zone database. This device can be a member within an alias, zone, or
configuration.
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domain.
port-level zoning (domain,port: the physical port to which it is connected) or
(using WWW port or WWN SAN device).
administrative domain.
Publication Number: 53-1000040-03
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