HP AA-RSB6B-TE manual Alpa, Api, Asic, Atm

glossary

This glossary defines termsGlossaryused in this guide or related to this product and is not a comprehensive glossary of computer terms.

Glossary

AL_PA

Arbitrated Loop Physical Address; a unique 8-bit value assigned during loop initialization to a port in an arbitrated loop.

Alias Address Identifier

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

Alias AL_PA

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

Alias Server

A fabric software facility that supports multicast group management.

API

Application Programming Interface; defined protocol that allows applications to interface with a set of services.

Arbitrated Loop

A shared 100 MBps or 200 MBps Fibre Channel transport structured as a loop. Can support up 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.

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