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F
Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL)
A 100 Mbyte/s serial channel that enables connection of multiple devices (disk
drives and controllers).
field-replaceable unit
(FRU)
A component that is easily removed and replaced by a field service engineer or
a system administrator.
FLASH memory device
(FMD)
A device on the controller card that stores EPROM firmware.
G
Gigabit Interface
Converter (GBIC)
An adapter used on an SBus card to convert fiber-optic signal to copper.
gigabyte (GB or
Gbyte)
One gigabyte is equal to one billion bytes (1
Χ109).
graphical user interface
(GUI)
A software interface that enables configuration and administration of the Sun
StorEdge T3 and T3+ array using a graphic application.
H
host bus adapter
(HBA)
An adapter that resides on the host.
hot spare
A drive in a RAID 1 or RAID 5 configuration that contains no data and acts as
a standby in case another drive fails.
hot-swappable
The characteristic of a field-replaceable unit (FRU) to be removed and replaced
while the system remains powered on and operational.