Vixel manual APPENDIX E Glossary, Vixel Model 335 Installation & Configuration Guide

Vixel Model 335 Installation & Configuration Guide		APPENDIX E Glossary
Non-overlapping	Enables the switch to be divided into separate environments,
Zones	where each environment sustains a complete 127-device AL_PA
	space.
Open	An Arbitrated Loop protocol used to establish a switch circuit.
Overlapping	Devices on one port are not allowed to see devices on another
Zones	port, yet those same devices can both see a device on a third
	port.
Protocol	A data transmission convention which may include timing,
	control, formatting, error detection with correction and data
	representation.
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface. Standard interface for storage
	modules.
SFP	Small Form-Factor Pluggable transceiver. These transceivers are
	fully compliant with the FC-PI and MSA standards and occupy
	less than half the board space of the existing GBIC products.
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol for
	managing systems and devices in a network. Supports the
	retrieving data, writing data, and setting traps indicating events.
Topology	The logical and/or physical arrangement of stations on a
	network. Fibre Channel topologies include point-to-point,
	Arbitrated Loop, and switched fabric.
Transceiver	A device that converts one form of signaling to another for both
	transmission and reception. SFPs and GBICs are transceivers.
Zoning	Dividing a network into separate areas to group devices and
	isolate traffic.

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