Glossary - HP StorageWorks 6100 - Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

Glossary

CHAP
CmdSN
Fabric Connect
FC
FCIP
Fibre Channel
GbE
high availability
IEC
initiator
IP
IP SAN
iSCSI
iSCSI CRC
iSNS
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
An authentication technique for confirming the identity of one computer to another.
Command sequence number
Connecting a server or mpx110 Fibre Channel port to a Fibre Channel switch
to access the EVA or XP Fibre Channel ports.
Fibre Channel technology
See also Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol
A serial data transport infrastructure and protocol used to implement SANs. See
also http://www.fibrechannel.org/
Gigabit Ethernet
Packet-based signaling technology that transmits data at throughput speeds of
up to 1,000 Mb/s or 1 Gb/s.
Refers to the availability of resources in a computer system if there are component
failures in the system.
International Electrotechnical Commission
A device that begins an iSCSI transaction by issuing a command to another
device (the iSCSI target), giving it a task to perform.
Internet Protocol
The standard Internet protocol for moving packets of information from one
computer to another. Commonly combined with TCP in the phrase TCP/IP.
A SAN created using the iSCSI protocol to connect servers and storage over a
GbE network
See also iSCSI
Internet SCSI
An IP-based standard for linking data storage devices over a network and
transferring data by carrying SCSI commands over IP networks.
iSCSI cyclic redundancy check
A shortened cyclic code check used for error detection.
Internet Storage Name Service
A protocol designed to facilitate the automated discovery, management, and
configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices on a TCP/IP network.
and http://www.t11.org/.
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