Glossary
Activity LED
A port LED that indicates when frames are entering or leaving the port.
Alias
A collection of objects that can be zoned together. An alias is not a zone, and can not have a zone or another alias as a member.
AL_PA
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
Arbitrated Loop
A Fibre Channel topology where ports use arbitration to establish a
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (AL_PA)
Aunique
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
BootP
A type of network server.
Buffer Credit
A measure of port buffer capacity equal to one frame.
Class 2 Service
A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or more N_Ports wit h acknowledgment provided.
Class 3 Service
A service which multiplexes frames at frame boundaries to or from one or more N_Ports without acknowledgment.
Domain ID
User defined name that identifies the switch in the fabric.
E_Port
Expansion port. A switch port that connects to another
Expansion Port
See E_Port.
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.
Fan Fail LED
An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in the switch is operating below standard.
FC-PLDA
Fibre Channel Private Loop Direct Attach
Flash Memory
Memory on the switch that contains the chassis control firmware.
