Glossary

8b/10b	An encoding scheme that converts each 8-bit byte into 10 bits. Used to balance
Encoding	ones and zeros in high-speed transports.
Address	A 24-bit or 8-bit value used to identify the source or destination of a frame.
Identifier
Advanced	A software product that provides error and performance information to the
Performance	administrator and end user for use in storage management.
Monitoring
AL_PA	Arbitrated Loop Physical Address; a unique 8-bit value assigned during loop
	initialization to a port in an arbitrated loop.

An address identifier recognized by a port in addition to its standard identifier. An alias address identifier may be shared by multiple ports.

An AL_PA value recognized by an L_Port in addition to the AL_PA assigned to the port. See also AL_PA.

Alias Server	A fabric software facility that supports multicast group management.
ANSI	American National Standards Institute; the governing body for Fibre Channel
	standards in the U.S.A.
API	Application Programming Interface; defined protocol that allows applications to
	interface with a set of services.
Arbitrated	A shared 100 MBps Fibre Channel transport structured as a loop. Can support up
Loop	to 126 devices and one fabric attachment. See also Topology.
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode; a transport used for transmitting data over LANs
	or WANs that transmit fixed-length units of data. Provides any-to-any
	connectivity, and allows nodes to transmit simultaneously.
AW_TOV	Arbitration Wait Time-out Value; the minimum time an arbitrating L_Port waits
	for a response before beginning loop initialization.
Bandwidth	The total transmission capacity of a cable, link, or system. Usually measured in
	bps (bits per second). May also refer to the range of transmission frequencies
	available to a network. See also Throughput.
BB_Credit	Buffer-to-buffer credit; the number of frames that can be transmitted to a directly
	connected recipient or within an arbitrated loop. Determined by the number of
	receive buffers available. See also Buffer-to-buffer Flow Control, EE_Credit.
Beginning	The disparity at the transmitter or receiver when the special character associated
Running	with an ordered set is encoded or decoded. See also Disparity.
Disparity

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