40 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide

host bus adapter

A card used to connect a peripheral device to a host server.

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000

A storage device including disk drives and one or more resident array controllers.

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 Controller

A hardware device that facilitates communication between a host and one or more devices organized on an MSA1000 storage system.

HP StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 Controller

A hardware device that facilitates communications between a host and one or more devices organized on an RA4100 storage system.

HP StorageWorks RAID Array 4100

A storage device including disk drives and one or more resident array controllers.

input/output

A term that pertains to input and output functions.

interconnect

A physical connection between cluster nodes that transmits intracluster communication.

intracluster communication

The type of communication in which the cluster interconnect is a data path over which nodes of a cluster communicate. At a minimum, the interconnect consists of two network adapters (one in each server) and a cable connecting the adapters.