HP StorageWorks MSA 2.8 SAN Switch - Manual (Page 242)

Glossary
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Class F
Connectionless service for control traffic between switches, with notification of delivery or
non-delivery of data between the E_Ports.
Class of Service
A specified set of delivery characteristics and attributes for frame delivery.
CLI
Command line interface. Interface that depends entirely on the use of commands, such as through
telnet or SNMP, and does not involve a Graphic User Interface (GUI).
CLS
Close Primitive Signal. Only in an Arbitrated Loop; sent by an L_Port that is currently
communicating on the loop, to close communication to an other L_Port.
CMBISR
Central Memory Built-In Self Repair. Test and repair bad cells in the central memory. If a "fail" is
reported, inform Tech Support and replace the board.
See also BIST, BISR.
Comma
A unique pattern (either 1100000 or 0011111) used in 8b/10b encoding to specify character
alignment within a data stream.
See also K28.5.
Community (SNMP)
A relationship between a group of SNMP managers and an SNMP agent, in which authentication,
access control, and proxy characteristics are defined.
See also SNMP.
Compact Flash
Flash memory that stores the run-time operating system and is used like hard disk storage. Not
visible within the processor's memory space. Data is stored in file system format.