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Glossary
remote access link
Connection to a device or program on a computer network via a (geographically) remote
workstation.
remote notification
A process by which a system is able to inform remote users and/or workstations of certain
classes of events that occur on the system. E-mail notification and the configuration of SNMP
trap recipients are two examples of remote notification programs that can be implemented on
director-class switches.
remote user workstation
Workstation, such as a PC, running HAFM Software that can access the HAFM server over a
LAN connection.
resource allocation time-out value
R_A_TOV is a value used to time out operations that depend on the maximum possible time
that a frame could be delayed in a fabric and still be delivered.
SAN
See storage area network.
SBAR
See serial crossbar assembly.
SC
Subscriber connectors.
segmented E_Port
E_Port that has ceased to function as an E_Port within a multi-switch fabric due to an
incompatibility between the fabrics that it joins. See also expansion port.
SEL
System error light.
serial crossbar assembly
The serial crossbar assembly (SBAR) is responsible for Fibre Channel frame transmission
from any director port to any other director port. Connections are established without software
intervention.
SNMP
Simple network management protocol. Specifies a mechanism for network management that is
complete, yet simple. Information is exchanged between agents, which are the devices on the
network being managed, and managers, which are the devices on the network through which
the management is done.
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