Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Manual page 9

CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. Allows remote servers and clients to securely exchange
authentication credentials. Both the server and client are configured with the same shared secret.
chassis
On a SilkWorm director, the metal frame in which the switch and switch components are mounted.
chassisConfig Chassis configuration mode. On a SilkWorm director, the chassisConfig mode determines the blade
Mode types enabled for use in the chassis. See the chassisConfig command in the Fabric OS Command
Reference for more information.
CIM Common Information Model. A management structure enabling disparate resources to be managed by a
common application.
circuit
An established communication path between two ports. Consists of two virtual circuits capable of
transmitting in opposite directions.
Class 1 service
The class of frame-switching service for a dedicated connection between two communicating ports
(also called "connection-oriented service"). Includes acknowledgement of frame delivery or
nondelivery.
Class 2 service
A connectionless class of frame-switching service that includes acknowledgement of frame delivery or
nondelivery.
Class 3 service A connectionless class of frame-switching service that does not include acknowledgement of frame
delivery or nondelivery. Can be used to provide a multicast connection between the frame originator
and recipients, with acknowledgement of frame delivery or nondelivery.
Class 4 service A connection-oriented service that allows fractional parts of the bandwidth to be used in a virtual
circuit.
Class 6 service A connection-oriented multicast service geared toward video broadcasts between a central server and
clients.
Class F
The class of frame-switching service for a direct connection between two switches, allowing
service
communication of control traffic between the E_Ports. Includes acknowledgement of data delivery or
nondelivery.
class of
A specified set of delivery characteristics and attributes for frame delivery.
service
CLI
Command-line interface. An interface that depends entirely on the use of typed commands, such as
through a terminal connection, telnet, sectelnet, or SSH2; does not involve a GUI. See also GUI.
client An entity that makes requests of a server using its common transport (CT).
CLS
Close primitive signal. Used only in an arbitrated loop. Sent by an L_Port that is currently
communicating in the loop, to close communication with another L_Port.
comma
A unique pattern (either 1100000 or 0011111) used in 8b/10b encoding to specify character alignment
within a data stream. See also K28.5.
community A relationship between a group of SNMP managers and an SNMP agent, in which authentication,
(SNMP)
access control, and proxy characteristics are defined. See also SNMP.
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