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indexed addressing	A menu name. It allows for generic Fibre Channel host bus adapters to access SCSI devices
	attached to the interface card using a table which is indexed by sequential LUN values.
initiator	A device (usually a host system) that requests an operation to be performed by another device
	known as a target (usually a peripheral).
initiator mode	Configuration mode of the interface card in which a Fibre Channel initiator requests operations
	to be performed by a SCSI target device.
IP	Internet protocol
link	For Fibre Channel, it is a connection between two nodes, each having at least one N_Port (or
	the other end could be an F-Port), interconnected by a pair of optical or copper links, one
	inbound and one outbound.
longwave	Lasers or LEDs that emit light with wave lengths around 1300 nm. When using single mode (9
	nm) fibre, longwave lasers can be used to achieve lengths greater than 2 km.
loop address	A FC term indicating the unique ID of a node in Fibre Channel loop topology, sometimes
	referred to as a Loop ID. Also a status type in the FC Status Menu, showing the FC Loop
	Address of the interface card.
loop port (nl_port)	A FC port that supports loops.
LUN	Logical Unit Number or Logical Unit; a subdivision of a SCSI target. For SCSI-2, each SCSI
	target supports up to sixteen LUNs (LUN-0 to LUN-15). Using LUNs, the FC host can address
	multiple peripheral devices that may share a common interface card.
LVD/SE	Low Voltage Differential/Single-Ended
mapping table	A table which is indexed by sequential LUN values, indicating selected BUS:TARGET:LUN
	devices. It is used by the interface card to perform Fibre Channel-to-SCSI operations by
	default.
MB	megabyte. (There are 8 bits in a byte.)
motherboard	The main PCA of the interface card that provides a physical and logical connection between
	Fibre Channel and SCSI devices.
multiplexer	A device that allows two or more signals to be transmitted simultaneously on a single channel.
N_port	A FC term defining a “Node” port. A FC-defined hardware entity that performs data
	communication over the FC link. It is identifiable by a unique Worldwide Name. It can act as
	an originator or a responder.
N_port identifier	A FC term indicating a unique address identifier by which an N_Port is uniquely known. It
	consists of a Domain (most significant byte), an Area, and a Port, each 1 byte long. The N_Port
	identifier is used in the Source Identifier (S_ID) and Destination Identifier (D_ID) fields of a FC
	frame.
node name	A field value under the FC Status Menu. The unique FC identifier, a 64-bit value, the factory
	assigns to the interface card.

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