Glossary

interswitch link

ISL. Physical expansion port (E_Port) connection between two directors in a fabric.

interswitch link hop

ISL hop. See hop.

IOPS

Input/output operations per second.

IP

See Internet protocol.

IP address

See Internet protocol address.

IPL

See initial program load.

IPL configuration

See initial program load configuration.

ISL

See interswitch link.

ISL hop

Interswitch link hop. See hop.

isolated E_Port

Isolated expansion port. See segmented expansion port.

isolated expansion port

Isolated E_Port. See segmented expansion port.

ITE

Information technology equipment.

J

Java

An object-oriented programming language derived from C++ that produces code that is platform independent. Developed by Sun Microsystems designed for distribution and distributable applications development. Java applications require a program called the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to execute. JVMs have been developed for many of the mainstream platforms and operating systems.