Glossary

remote access link

Connection to a device or program on a computer network via a (geographically) remote workstation.

remote notification

A process by which a system is able to inform remote users and/or workstations of certain classes of events that occur on the system. E-mail notification and the configuration of SNMP trap recipients are two examples of remote notification programs that can be implemented on director-class switches.

remote user workstation

Workstation, such as a PC, running HAFM Software that can access the HAFM server over a LAN connection.

resource allocation time-out value

R_A_TOV is a value used to time out operations that depend on the maximum possible time that a frame could be delayed in a fabric and still be delivered.

SAN

See storage area network.

SBAR

See serial crossbar assembly.

SC

Subscriber connectors.

segmented E_Port

E_Port that has ceased to function as an E_Port within a multi-switch fabric due to an incompatibility between the fabrics that it joins. See also expansion port.

SEL

System error light.

serial crossbar assembly

The serial crossbar assembly (SBAR) is responsible for Fibre Channel frame transmission from any director port to any other director port. Connections are established without software intervention.

SNMP

Simple network management protocol. Specifies a mechanism for network management that is complete, yet simple. Information is exchanged between agents, which are the devices on the network being managed, and managers, which are the devices on the network through which the management is done.