Glossary
operating state (port)
Valid states include Online, Offline, Testing, Beaconing, Invalid Attachment, Link Incident, No Light, Not Operational, Port Failure, Segmented E_Port.
operating status (Director)
The operating status depends on hardware component failures, which are indicated by alert symbols that display in HAFM application views.
Open Systems Management server
An optional feature that can be enabled on the director or switch through the Product Manager application. When enabled, host control and management of the director or switch are provided through an open systems interconnection (OSI) device attached to a director or switch port.
optical cable
Fiber, multiple fibers, or a fiber bundle in a structure built to meet optical, mechanical, and environmental specifications. See also jumper cable, optical cable assembly, and trunk cable.
optical cable assembly
Optical cable that is
optical fiber connector
Hardware component that transfers optical power between two optical fibers or bundles and is designed to be repeatedly connected and disconnected.
Transmission of management information using frequencies or channels other than those routinely used for information transfer.
packet
Logical unit of information (usually in the form of a data frame) transmitted on a network. It contains a header (with all relevant addressing and timing information), the actual data, and a trailer (which contains the error checking function, usually in the form of a cyclic redundancy check).
password
Unique string of characters known to the computer system and to a user who must specify it to gain full or limited access to a system and to the information stored within it.
path
In a network, any route between any two ports.
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