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(L2) contains Business Copy pairs in which the L1 S-VOLs are functioning as the P-VOLs of layer-2
Business Copy pairs that can have up to two S-VOLs for each P-VOL.

See also root volume, node volume, leaf volume, level-1 pair, and level-2 pair.

cascaded pair

A Business Copy pair in a cascade configuration. See cascade configuration.

CFL

Configuration File Loader. A Remote Web Console function for validating and running scripted
spreadsheets.

CFW

cache fast write

CG

See consistency group (CTG).

CH

channel

channel adapter
(CHA)

The hardware component that processes channel commands from hosts and manages host access
to cache.

channel path

The communication path between a channel and a control unit. A channel path consists of the
physical channel path and the logical path.

CHAP

challenge handshake authentication protocol

CL

cluster

CLI

command line interface

CLPR

cache logical partition

cluster

Multiple-storage servers working together to respond to multiple read and write requests.

command device

A dedicated logical volume used only by RAID Manager and Business Continuity Manager to
interface with the storage system. Can be shared by several hosts.

configuration
definition file

Defines the configuration, parameters, and options of RAID Manager operations. A text file that
defines the connected hosts and the volumes and groups known to the RAID Manager instance.

consistency group
(CG, CTG)

A group of pairs on which copy operations are performed simultaneously; the pairs’ status changes
at the same time. See also extended consistency group (EXCTG).

consistency time
(C/T)

Shows a time stamp to indicate how close the target volume is to the source volume. C/T also
shows the time stamp of a journal and extended consistency group.

controller

The component in a storage system that manages all storage functions. It is analogous to a
computer and contains a processors, I/O devices, RAM, power supplies, cooling fans, and other
sub-components as needed to support the operation of the storage system.

copy pair

A pair of volumes in which one volume contains original data and the other volume contains the
copy of the original. Copy operations can be synchronous or asynchronous, and the volumes of
the copy pair can be located in the same storage system (local copy) or in different storage
systems (remote copy).

A copy pair can also be called a volume pair, or just pair.

copy-on-write

Point-in-time snapshot copy of any data volume within a storage system. Copy-on-write snapshots
only store changed data blocks, therefore the amount of storage capacity required for each copy
is substantially smaller than the source volume.

COW

copy-on-write

CTG

See consistency group (CTG).

CTG

See consistency group (CTG).

CTL

controller

CU

control unit

currency of data

The synchronization of the volumes in a copy pair. When the data on the secondary volume
(S-VOL) is identical to the data on the primary volume (P-VOL), the data on the S-VOL is current.
When the data on the S-VOL is not identical to the data on the P-VOL, the data on the S-VOL is
not current.

CYL, cyl

cylinder

cylinder bitmap

Indicates the differential data (updated by write I/Os) in a volume of a split or suspended copy
pair. The primary and secondary volumes each have their own cylinder bitmap. When the pair

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