Sun Microsystems 2500 Block, Capacity, Controller tray, Control path, Customer LAN, Data host

B

block

The amount of data sent or received by the host per I/O operation; the size of a data unit.

C

capacity

The amount of storage you must allocate to storage elements, including volumes, pools, and virtual disks. Capacity planning should include allocations for volume snapshots and volume copies.

CLI

Command-line interface. The SSCS command-line interface is available from the remote CLI client or through an SSCS directory on the Solaris Operating System management software station.

controller tray

A tray with an installed redundant RAID controller pair. In a Sun StorageTek 2500 Series array, 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, and 1x4 array types are available.

control path

The route used for communication of system management information, usually an out-of-band connection.

customer LAN

See site LAN.

D

DAS

See direct attached storage (DAS).

data host

Any host that uses the system for storage. A data host can be connected directly to the array (direct attach storage, or DAS) or can be connected to an external switch that supports multiple data hosts (storage area network, or SAN). See also host.

98 Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide • March 2007