HP Brocade 4Gb SAN c-Class BladeSystem manual Fcia, Fcp, Flogi

enabled zone con- The currently enabled configuration of zones. Only one

figuration	configuration can be enabled at a time. See also zone, zone
	configuration.
end-to-end flow	A facility that governs flow of class 1 and class 2 frames
control	between N_Ports.
error	With respect to FC, a missing or corrupted frame, time-out, loss
	of synchronization, or loss of signal (link error).
exchange	The highest-level FC mechanism used for communication
	between N_Ports. Composed of one or more related
	sequences; can work in one or both directions.
F_Port	Fabric port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol
	and interface over links. Can be used to connect an N_Port
	to a switch. See also U_Port.
fabric	An FC network containing two or more switches in addition to
	hosts and devices. May also be called a switched fabric.
fabric name	The unique identifier assigned to a fabric and communicated
	during login and port discovery.
FCIA	Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international
	organization of FC industry professionals. Among other things,
	provides oversight of ANSI and industry standards.
FCP	Fibre Channel Protocol. Mapping of protocols onto the FC
	standard protocols. For example, SCSI FCP maps SCSI-3 onto
	FC.
FCS switch	Fabric Configuration Server switch. One or more designated
	HP switches that store and manage the configuration and
	security parameters for all switches in the fabric.
Fibre Channel	The primary protocol for building SANs to transmit data
	between servers, switches, and storage devices. Unlike IP
	and Ethernet, Fibre Channel is designed to support the needs
	of storage devices of all types. It is a high-speed, serial,
	bidirectional, topology-independent protocol, and is a highly
	scalable interconnection between computers, peripherals, and
	networks.
fill word	An IDLE or ARB ordered set that is transmitted during breaks
	between data frames to keep the link active.
FLOGI	The process by which an N_Port determines whether a fabric
	is present and, if so, exchanges service parameters with it.
	See also PLOGI.

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