HP StorageWorks P9000 User Manual page 28

ports as well as other port types. Ports are named by port group and port letter, such as CL1-A.
CL1 is the group; A is the port letter.
RAID group A group of disks configured to provide enhanced redundancy, performance, or both. Specifically,
four or eight physical hard disk drives (HDDs) installed in a P9000 or XP disk array and assigned
a common RAID level. In an XP disk array this is also referred to as an array group or parity
group.
RAID level A RAID level is a configuration of disk drives that employs striping, mirroring, and parity to
improve performance, data availability and reliability, or both.
RAID Manager The CLI configuration and replication tool for the P9000 or XP disk array that system administrators
can use to enter RAID Manager commands from open-system hosts to perform Continuous Access,
Business Copy, Database Validator, and Data Retention operations, as well as provisioning
commands on logical devices.
Remote Web A browser-based program installed on the SVP that allows you to configure and manage the disk
Console array.
SIM Service information message.
SSB Sense byte.
SVP Service processor. A computer built into a disk array. The SVP, used only by an HP service
representative, provides a direct interface to the disk array.
synchronous Describes computing models that perform tasks in chronological order without interruption. In
synchronous replication, the source waits for data to be copied at the destination before
acknowledging that it has been written at the source.
TID Target ID.
UTC Coordinated Universal Time.
volume Volume on disk. An accessible storage area on disk, either physical or virtual.
WWN World Wide Name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device.
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