Chapter 4
Peripherals and Accessories
Glossary
Abbreviation | Description |
Bps | Bits per second |
BE | Back End |
CLUI | Command Line User Interface |
Cluster | For the purposes of this document, a cluster is a configuration using two or more servers with failover capability. For |
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| following characteristics: ·Windows Enterprise Edition for NT 4.0; Windows Advanced Server; Data Center Server for |
| Windows 2000 (currently not released and not |
Application is aware of cluster environment, informs the user a cluster exists, and provides additional cluster information | |
Application does not prevent a MSCS cluster certification and does not create loss of data in a MSCS cluster environment | |
Application is a transferable resource in a cluster; i.e., if a node in a cluster is taken | |
| automatically to another cluster node. |
Data Center | Version of Windows 2000 OS that allows clustering of up to four servers. |
DR | Design Release |
ESI | Enhanced Serial Interface |
ESN | Enterprise Storage Network |
Fabric Login | The name given to the initialization protocol for a device on the Storage Area Network (SAN) fabric with which it is |
| “logged” into the SAN fabric. The act of “logging” provides the fabric with the required information about the device so |
| that the device can be accessed and allows the device to access any other “fabric” device on the fabric. |
FE | Front End |
Fsam | Federated Storage Area Management |
GB | Gigabyte(s) |
GBIC | Gigabyte Interface Connector; plugged into the VA7100 controller to provide the optical interface to the host. |
Gbit | Gigabit(s) (Note: HP standard says do not abbreviate as Gb.) |
GB/s | Gigabits per second |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GLM | Gigabyte Link Module; generally associated with the HBA and the optical connection. |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
HBA | Host Bus Adapter |
HCL | Hardware Compatibility List |
Heterogeneous | Dissimilar, differing in structure and quality |
JBOD | Storage/RAID Device (just a bunch of disks) |
I/O | Input/Output |
k | Kilo (prefix meaning 1,024) |
K | Kilo (prefix meaning 1,024) |
Kbit | Kilobit (1,024 bits) (Note: HP standard says do not abbreviate as Kb.) |
KB | Kilobyte (1,024 bytes) |
Kbps | Kilobytes per second |
LUN | Logical Unit Number (virtual disk) |
Mbit | Megabit |
Mb/s | Megabits per second |
MB | Megabyte(s) |
MB/s | Megabytes per second |
Windows MSCS | Windows software that coordinates two servers and directs the other server to take over when one fails. |
Ability to have knowledge of multiple paths to the storage device. | |
Device driver that masks multiple access paths to a physical device. Ability to switch between paths. | |
RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disk |
Remote Management Capability | Ability to launch management software from a remote location. |
RG | Redundancy Group |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SCSI | Small Computer Standard Interface |
SDM | Storage Device Management |
SES | SCSI Enclosure Services |
ServiceGuard | |
SFF | Small Form Factor |
VA | Virtual Array |
VAP | Virtual Array Controller |
WHQL | Windows Hardware Quality Lab |
WWN | World Wide Name |
Windows MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Server - Windows software that coordinates two servers and directs the other server to take over |
| when one fails. |
HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Guide – Effective 1/04 | |
Information Subject to Change |
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