GL–6Glossary

 

FD SCSI

The fast, narrow, differential SCSI bus with an 8-bit data transfer rate of 10

 

MB/s. See also FWD SCSI and SCSI.

flush

The act of writing dirty data from cache to a storage media.

FMU

Fault Management Utility.

forced errors

A data bit indicating a corresponding logical data block contains

 

unrecoverable data.

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit. A hardware component that can be replaced at the

 

customer’s location by Compaq service personnel or qualified customer

 

service personnel.

full duplex

A communications system in which there is a capability for 2-way

 

transmission and acceptance between two sites at the same time.

FWD SCSI

A fast, wide, differential SCSI bus with a maximum 16-bit data transfer rate

 

of 20 MB/s. See also SCSI and FD SCSI.

gigabaud

An encoded bit transmission rate of one billion (109) bits per second.

gigabyte

A value normally associated with a disk drives storage capacity, meaning a

 

billion (109) bytes.

half-duplex

Pertaining to a communications system in which data can be either

 

transmitted or received but only in one direction at one time.

host

The primary or controlling computer to which a storage subsystem is

 

attached.

host adapter

A device that connects a host system to a SCSI bus. The host adapter usually

 

performs the lowest layers of the SCSI protocol. This function may be

 

logically and physically integrated into the host system.

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