Fabric view file

A file containing a set of fabrics that were opened and saved during a previous

 

McDATA Web Server session

Fan Fail LED

An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in the switch is operating below standard

Flash memory

Memory on the switch that contains the chassis control firmware

Force PROM mode

See Maintenance Mode

Frame

Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame (SOF) delimiter, header, data payload, CRC,

 

and an end-of-frame (EOF) delimiter

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

HAFM

High Availability Fabric Manager

Heartbeat LED

A chassis LED that indicates the status of the internal switch processor and the

 

results of the Power-on Self Test

In-band

The ability to manage a switch through an Fibre Channel port

management

 

Initiator

The device that initiates a data exchange with a target device

In-order-delivery

A feature that requires that frames be received in the same order in which they were

 

sent

Interop mode

Permits interoperation with FC-SW-2 compliant (Standard/McDATA Open mode)

 

switches and switches running in McDATA Fabric Mode (Interop_2 in CLI)

Inter-Switch Link (ISL)

The connection between two switches using E_Ports

IP

Internet Protocol

LIP

Loop Initialization Primitive sequence

Logged-in LED

A port LED that indicates device login or loop initialization status

Maintenance button

Formerly known as the Force PROM button. Momentary button on the switch used to

 

reset the switch or place the switch in maintenance mode.

Maintenance mode

Formerly known as force PROM mode. Maintenance mode sets the IP address to

 

10.0.0.1 and provides access to the switch for maintenance purposes.

Management

A set of guidelines and definitions for SNMP functions

Information Base

 

(MIB)

 

Management

PC workstation that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch

workstation

 

McDATA Web Server

Switch management application that resides on the switch and is accessible through

 

an Internet browser.

Mesh topology

A fabric in which each chassis has at least one port directly connected to each

 

other chassis in the fabric

MIB

Management Information Base

Multistage topology

A fabric in which two or more edge switches connect to one or more core switches

N_Port

Node Port. An Fibre Channel device port in a point-to-point or fabric connection.

NL_Port

Node Loop Port. An Fibre Channel device port that supports arbitrated loop

 

protocol.

Pending firmware

The firmware image that will be activated upon the next switch reset

PFE key

Product Feature Enablement key. A password that you can purchase from your

 

switch distributor or authorized reseller to enable particular features in your switch

POST

Power-on Self Test

Power LED

A chassis LED that indicates that the switch logic circuitry is receiving proper DC

 

voltages

Power-on Self Test

Diagnostics that the switch chassis performs at start up

(POST)

 

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