
SANbox 5000 Series Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
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Class 2 Service
A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or more N_Ports wit h acknowledgment provided.
Chassis Hop
A measure of fabric latency represented by the ISL that any frame crosses when travelling from one switch to another. A frame that travels from one switch to another over an ISL experiences one chassis hop.
Class 3 Service
A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or more N_Ports without acknowledgment.
Configured Zone Sets
The zone sets stored on a switch excluding the active zone set.
Default Visibility
Zoning parameter that determines the level of communication among ports/devices when there is no active zone set.
Device Security
A component of fabric security that provides for the authorization and authentication of devices that attach to a switch through the use of groups and security sets.
Domain ID
User defined number that identifies the switch in the fabric.
Event Log
Log of messages describing events that occur in the fabric.
Expansion Port
E_Port that connects to another
Fabric Database
The set of fabrics that have been opened during a SANsurfer Switch Manager session.
Fabric Device Management Interface
An interface by which device host bus adapters can be managed through the fabric.
Fabric Management Switch
The switch through which the fabric is managed.
Fabric Name
User defined name associated with the file that contains user list data for the fabric.
Fabric Port
An F_Port or FL_Port.
Fabric Security
The functions that provide security for fabric users and devices including user account security, and fabric services.
Fabric Services
A component of fabric security that provides for the control of inband management and SNMP on a switch.
Fabric View File
A file containing a set of fabrics that were opened and saved during a previous SANsurfer Switch Manager session.
FDMI
See Fabric Device Management Interface.