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Table 1 Unique Terminology and Concepts
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canister | Portable, removable container for components. Also | controller canister | |
known as CRU. | |||
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| Compact unit that contains one or two controllers, |
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command | power supplies, and fans. Note: The E2400 command | command module | |
module | module also contains disk drives. Also known as | ||
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| controller module or controller tray. |
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| Compact unit that contains disk drives, power supplies, |
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drive module | one or two ESMs, and fans. Also known as drive tray or | drive module | |
| expansion drive module. |
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| Environmental Services Monitor. Interface board that |
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| provides interface connections between the drive |
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ESM | modules and the SCSI bus, and environmental | ESM canister | |
| information about the drive module to the host. Also |
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| known as ESM CRU, ECC, or environmental card. |
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| Gigabit interface converter. A device used in Fibre | copper GBIC minihub | |
GBIC | Channel networks to convert copper fibre signals to | copper GBIC module | |
fiber optic and vice versa. | optical GBIC minihub | ||
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| optical GBIC module | |
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| Lights that glow or blink to indicate either a normal | indicator light | |
light | operating status or hardware error. Also known as LEDs. | Power light | |
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| Fault light | |
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