| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
CU | control unit |
ESCON | Enterprise System Connection (IBM trademark for optical channels) |
I/O | input/output |
IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
LAN | |
LCP | local control port |
LED | |
LUN | logical unit (also called device emulation or device type) |
Mb/s | megabits per second |
MCU | main control unit |
NVS | nonvolatile storage |
PC | personal computer system |
PCB | printed circuit board |
PSUE | pair |
PSUS | pair |
primary volume | |
RAID | redundant array of independent disks |
RCP | remote control port |
RCU | remote control unit |
RIO | remote IO |
SIM | service information message |
SMPL | simplex |
S/N | serial number (also abbreviated as s#) |
SSID | storage subsystem identification |
secondary volume | |
SVP | service processor |
sync | synchronous |
s# | serial number (also abbreviated as S/N) |
VOL | volume |
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