Glossary
Fibre Channel Association
FCA. The FCA is a non-profit corporation consisting of over 150 members throughout the world. Its mission is to nurture and help develop the broadest market for Fibre Channel products through market development, education, standards monitoring, and fostering interoperability among members’ products.
Fibre Channel fabric element
FCFE. Any device linked to a fabric.
Fibre Channel fabric element management information base
FCFE-MIB. A table of variables available to network management stations and resident on a switch or director. Through the simple network management protocol (SNMP) these pointers can be manipulates to monitor, control, and configure the switch or director.
Fibre Channel Industry Association
FCIA. A corporation consisting of over 100 computer industry-related companies. Its goal is to provide marketing support, exhibits, and tradeshows for its member companies. The FCIA complements activities of the various standards committees.
Fibre Channel I/O controller
FCC-IOC. In a director, the integrated controller on the control processor (CTP) card dedicated to the task of managing the embedded Fibre Channel port. In a director or switch, the FCC-IOC controls the embedded Fibre Channel port and configures the ports’ application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
Fibre Channel IP address
FC IP. The default FC IP on a new switch is a temporary number divided by the switch’s world-wide name (WWN). The system administrator needs to enter a valid IP address.
Fibre Channel management framework integration
FCMGMT. A standard defined by the Fibre Alliance to provide easy management for Fibre Channel-based devices such as switches, hubs, and host-bus adapters.
Fibre Channel physical and signaling interface
FC-PH. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) document that specifies the FC-0 (physical signaling), FC-1 (data encoding), and FC-2 (frame construct) layers of the Fibre Channel protocol (D).
Fibre Channel standard
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard that provides a common, efficient data transport system that supports multiple protocols. The architecture integrates both channel and network technologies, and provides active, intelligent interconnection among devices. All data transmission is isolated from the control protocol, allowing use of point-to-point, arbitrated loop, or switched fabric topologies to meet the needs of an application.
