Information about them. See also discovery

40 CommandCentral Glossary

event	A notification that indicates when an action, such as an alert or a change in state,
	has occurred for one or more objects on the storage network.
explorer	A software tool that uses a unique methodology to discover information about a
	particular kind of resource on the storage network. The CommandCentral Storage
	product includes several explorers that are used to locate resources and discover
	information about them. See also discovery.
extended discovery	A CommandCentral Storage feature that enables discovery of all LUNs and Fibre
	Channel ports in a storage device along with additional LUN attributes. Extended
	discovery is activated when you install the product with the array management
	feature. See also discovery.
extent	A continuous space on a disk or storage volume that is occupied by or reserved
	for a particular data set, data space, or file.
extent pool	In an IBM DS6000 or DS8000 array, a storage virtualization object that aggregates
	the extents from a set of ranks. See also extent rank.
fabric	A group of SAN objects connected by a Fibre Channel (FC) switch. A fabric contains
	at least one FC switch and may also contain zones.
failover	A backup operation that automatically switches to a standby database, server, or
	network if the primary system fails or is temporarily shut down for servicing.
FC-GS-3	Fibre Channel third-generation generic services. An ANSI (American National
	Standards Institute) standard that defines commonly-used Fibre Channel services
	such as the name server, management server, and time server. In CommandCentral
	Storage, this standard is used for the GS explorer to discover Brocade switches.
	See also Fibre Channel GS explorer.
Fibre Channel	A collective name for the fibre optic technology that is commonly used to set up
	a storage area network (SAN) or virtual fabric (VSAN). A set of standards capable
	of transferring data between ports and through network devices at higher speeds
	and over significantly greater distances than SCSI technology, Fibre Channel
	supports point-to-point, loop, and fabric topologies.
file system	A means of organizing the addressable (LUN) storage of one or more physical or
	virtual disks to give users and applications a convenient way of organizing files.
	File systems appear to users and applications as directories arranged in a
	hierarchy.
filter	In CommandCentral Storage, a feature in tables and in the Topology Map with
	which a user can limit the number and types of objects displayed. Also, a way in
	which an administrator can limit the amount of data collected by the Exchange
	explorer during an Exchange scan.
firmware	A set of software instructions set permanently in a device’s memory.

has occurred for one or more objects on the storage network.

information about them. See also discovery.

feature. See also discovery.

for a particular data set, data space, or file.

the extents from a set of ranks. See also extent rank.

at least one FC switch and may also contain zones.

See also Fibre Channel GS explorer.

supports point-to-point, loop, and fabric topologies.

hierarchy.

explorer during an Exchange scan.