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SAN Access Layer (SAL) A component that performed discovery and access control in the SANPoint Control

 

and CommandCentral Storage 4.x products. See Hardware Abstraction Layer

 

(HAL).

scan

An operation that detects all resources visible to an explorer through either an

 

in-band connection or a device manager. A CommandCentral Storage operator

 

can initiate the scan operation through the Console. A scan is also performed

 

routinely whenever an in-band explorer executes.

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface. A hardware interface that allows for the

 

connection of multiple peripheral devices to a single expansion board that plugs

 

into the computer. The interface is widely used to connect personal computers

 

to peripheral devices such as disk and media drives.

SCSI bus

The communication pathway between a SCSI host adapter card and target SCSI

 

devices. Physically, the bus begins at one end of a SCSI cable at the host adapter

 

card and ends at the other end of the cable at the target device.

SCSI disk

A storage device (fixed disk) attached to a SCSI bus.

SCSI LUN

A division within a group of SCSI devices that identifies a sub-device. See also

 

LUN.

server

The central point at which data is gathered, and the machine on which the

 

CommandCentral Storage database resides. A typical configuration consists of

 

one server (for example, the CommandCentral Storage Management Server) and

 

several managed hosts.

SICL (Simple

Instrumentation

Collection Layer)

An engine, residing on the CommandCentral Storage managed host, that launches scripts and transfers the script output to the Alert Manager. Each SICL script, written for a particular vendor’s device, gathers data using native techniques such as vendor CLI, log file scrubbing, and database mining.

slot

An opening in a computer or other network device into which a printed circuit

 

board can be inserted, adding capability to the device. Also expansion slot.

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a commonly used protocol for sending email

 

messages between servers.

SnapMirror

A method of mirroring volumes and qtrees on NetApp unified storage devices.

 

With SnapMirror, a user can schedule or initiate data transfers, request

 

information about transfers, update a mirror, and manage mirrors.

 

CommandCentral Storage can discover and display information about SnapMirrors.

 

See also mirroring.

snapshot

A point-in-time image of a volume or file system that can be used as a backup.

SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol for Internet network management

 

and communications used to promote interoperability. SNMP depends on

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