36 CommandCentral Glossary
array virtual port | A |
| that support |
| the array can support LUN masking with multiple, heterogeneous hosts through |
| a single physical array port. Depending on the array vendor, array virtual ports |
| may also be known as host storage domains, array host groups, access groups, |
| and affinity groups. See also storage view. |
attribute | A property of an object that describes something about the |
| World Wide Name. The number and kind of attributes displayed for a resource |
| depend on what type of object it is. |
Audit Log | A text file that contains a list of all changes made to the Hardware Abstraction |
| |
| Alert |
| to configuration settings. |
Authentication Service | See Symantec Product Authentication Service. |
Authorization Service | See Symantec Product Authorization Service. |
available storage | Configured storage that has not yet been apportioned into addressable units |
| (LUNs). This storage is typically part of RAID groups. Contrast with LUN storage. |
BCV (business | An area of virtual storage that maps to a LUN on an EMC Symmetrix or DMX array |
continuance volume) | and provides redundancy. Each BCV contains a copy of a standard device (STD). |
binding | See LUN binding. |
bridge | A device that connects and passes packets between two segments of a storage |
| network that use the same communications protocol. See also router. |
broadcast address | An IP address specified for discovering hosts running the Hardware Abstraction |
| Layer (both Management Servers and managed hosts) within a subnet. |
| 255.255.255.255 is a special IP address that CommandCentral Storage can use to |
| search for hosts within a subnet without crossing a subnet boundary. |
bundle | A logical grouping consisting of up to 16 physical links. CommandCentral Storage |
| can discover, act upon, and display information about a bundle as if it were a |
| single link. Also called port bundle. |
capacity | The amount of storage an object can allocate or use. |
ccconfig | See Command Central Configuration Utility. |
circuit breaker | A function in the Veritas Alert Manager that automatically limits the number of |
| notifications sent to a recipient within a specified time. |
claimed storage | Storage for which at least one host’s operating system has created a device handle. |
| Contrast with unclaimed storage. |