HP 2100 ER manual SW Optical FC Cable Short

Glossary

Narrow SCSI A SCSI implementation that utilizes a 50- pin cable; can be single-ended or differential.

Non-OFCAn acronym for Non Open-Ended Fibre Control. This approach does not drop the laser power when a cable link is dropped. Non-OFC uses a lower power laser than an OFC system.

O

OFC An acronym for Open-Ended Fibre Control. When a cable link is dropped, the laser drops, to eliminate the potential for eye damage.

Originator A Fibre Channel term that refers to the initiating device.

P

Port The hardware entity within a node that performs data communications over the Fibre Channel link.

PPPAn acronym for Point-to- Point Protocol. A transmission path over which data is transmitted between two Fibre Channel devices.

Protocol A data transmission convention encompassing timing, control formatting, and data representation.

R

RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.

Receiver A terminal device that includes a detector and signal processing.

S

SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface.

Single-ended SCSI A SCSI implementation that allows a maximum length of six meters.

SW Optical GBIC Short Wave

Optical Gigabit Interface

Converter.

SW Optical FC Cable Short

Wave Optical Fibre Channel

Cable.

Synchronous Simultaneous transmission of multiple transmissions down the SCSI path.

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