FL_Port | Fabric loop port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric |
| protocol and has arbitrated loop capabilities. Can also be |
| used to connect an NL_Port to a switch. See also U_Port. |
frame | The Fibre Channel structure used to transmit data between |
| ports. Consists of a |
| headers, data payload, cyclic redundancy check, and |
| |
| control frames and data frames. See also packet. |
FRU | |
| site. |
FS | Fibre Channel Service. A service that is defined by FC |
| standards and exists at a |
| Name Server, for example, is an FC service. |
FSP | Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common protocol for all |
| fabric services; it is transparent to the fabric type or topology. |
FSPF | Fabric shortest path first. HP routing protocol for FC switches. |
Fx_Port | A fabric port that can operate as an F_Port or FL_Port. |
G_Port | Generic port. A port that can operate as an E_Port or F_Port. |
| A port is defined as a G_Port when it is not yet connected or |
| has not yet assumed a specific function in the fabric. See also |
| E_port, F_port, U_Port. |
hard address | The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop |
| initialization. See also defined zone configuration. |
idle | Continuous transmission of an ordered set over an FC link |
| when no data is being transmitted, to keep the link active and |
| maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization. |
integrated fabric | The fabric created by connecting multiple HP switches with |
| multiple ISL cables, and configuring the switches to handle |
| traffic as a seamless group. |
ISL trunking | The distribution of traffic over the combined bandwidth of |
| multiple ISLs. A set of trunked ISLs is called a trunking group; |
| the ports in a trunking group are called trunking ports. |
isolated E_Port | An E_Port that is online but not operational due to overlapping |
| domain IDs or nonidentical parameters (such as E_D_TOVs). |
| See also E_D_TOV. |
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