
Glossary
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Adapter
A printed circuit assembly that translates data between the FC host processor’s internal bus and a different bus, such as SCSI.
Address
See SCSI Addressing.
Addressing Mode
Used to create a mapping table that maps devices on the SCSI bus to Fibre Channel logical units.
AL_PA
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. A unique one- byte valid value, derived and used in an Arbitrated Loop Topology as defined in ANSI specification FC_AL ver 4.5.
Arbitrated Loop
See Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop. (ANSI specification FC_AL ver 4.5).
Area
The second byte of the N_Port Identifier.
Auto-Assigned Mapping
Amenu item. The
- B -
Baud
The unit of signaling speed, expressed as the maximum number of times per second the signal can change the state of the transmission line or other medium (units of baud are
Fibre Channel scheme, a signal event represents a single transmission bit.
Bus
A means of transferring data between modules and adapters or between an adapter and SCSI devices. For a SCSI bus definition, see SCSI Bus.
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Channel
A general term for a path on which electronic signals travel.
Clusters
Two or more computers sharing the same resources on a communication link.
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Device
See FC Device on page