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Maintenance Button Momentary button on the switch used to reset the switch or place the switch in
maintenance mode.
Maintenance Mode Maintenance mode sets the IP address to 10.0.0.1 and provides access to the
switch for maintenance purposes.
Management
Information Base A set of guidelines and definitions for SNMP functions.
Management
Works tati on PC workstation that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch.
MIB Management Information Base
NDCLA Non-Disruptive Code Load and Activation
NL_Port Node Loop Port. A Fibre Channel device port that supports arbitrated loop
protocol.
N_Port Node Port. A Fibre Channel device port in a point-to-point or fabric
connection.
Orphan Zone Set Zones that are currently not in a zone set are considered to be part of the
orphan zone set. The orphan zone set is not an actual zone set, but rather a
way of displaying the zones that are not currently in a zone set.
Pending Firmware The firmware image that will be activated upon the next switch reset.
POST Power On Self Test
Power On Self Test
(POST) Diagnostics that the switch chassis performs at start up.
Principal Switch The switch in the fabric that manages domain ID assignments.
SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable.
Small Form-Factor
Pluggable A transceiver device, smaller than a GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs
into the Fibre Channel port.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
Status (OK) LED A chassis LED that indicates the status of the internal switch processor and the
results of the Power-On Self-Test.
Targ et A storage device that responds to an initiator device.
UDP User Datagram Protocol
User Account An object stored on a switch that consists of an account name, password,
authority level, and expiration date.
VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interference