Glossary - Dell IP4700 Installation And Service Manual

BBU
bind
BTU (British Thermal
Unit)
cache
CRU (customer-
replaceable unit)
DAE (Disk Array
Enclosure)
disk drive module
The terms defined here are important to installing and maintaining a
storage system.
B
See SPS (standby power supply)
In the context of a disk-array storage system, the procedure by which
you format one or more disk modules into one LUN (logical unit) —
usually as one of several types of RAID group.
A standard measure of a device's heat output.
C
See storage-system caching.
A hardware component, such as a disk module, that anyone can
install or replace.
D
A storage device that includes an enclosure, up to 10 disk modules,
one or two Fibre Channel link control cards, and one or two power
supplies.
Another name for disk module.
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