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CommandCentral Glossary
object
object dependency group
OID (object ID)
object view OS handle
path
physical fabric
policy
Policy Service port
port bundle primary server provisioning
A single, unique addressable entity on a storage network. It is possible for objects to be present within objects. For example, while a tape array is an object, each individual tape drive within the array is also an object. A host is an object, and the HBA inside the host is also an object. Each object has one or more attributes and can be a member of one or more zones.
A class or collection of storage objects, such as volumes and file systems, having dependencies on a specific application. Object dependency groups are defined automatically in CommandCentral Storage. See also generic group, group.
A key which uniquely identifies a discovered object in the CommandCentral Storage database. OIDs are represented in XML files as hexadecimal strings with a maximum length of 128 characters. Also called object reference.
A graphical display showing storage resources and information about them.
See device handle.
A type of communication protocol other than the Fibre Channel management protocol, such as SNMP or a
The route through which a host accesses data on a storage medium such as a disk in an array. The path consists of an HBA (host bus adapter) on the host, a SCSI or Fibre Channel connector, and a controller on the disk or disk array.
The physical components of a fabric, including all switches and all other SAN objects. You can configure one or more virtual
A set of rules, or configuration settings, that are applied across a number of objects in the storage network. You establish policies to help you monitor and manage the network. Each policy associates certain sets of conditions with storage resources and defines actions to be taken when these conditions are detected. See also collector.
See CommandCentral Storage Alert Manager.
A connection through which a device is attached to an I/O bus or to the storage network, or the representation of this physical connection to the link hardware.
See bundle.
See server.
The set of activities by which a user allocates storage to hosts and applications, for example creating LUNs in an array, setting up zoning between a host and an array, and giving the server access to the storage. CommandCentral Storage provides a set of tools, such as the LUN Masking wizard and the Zone Builder, that assist the provisioning process.