Trunking – HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class User Manual
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FL_Port
Fabric loop port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric
protocol and has arbitrated loop capabilities. Can also be
used to connect an NL_Port to a switch. See also
frame
The Fibre Channel structure used to transmit data between
ports. Consists of a start-of-frame delimiter, header, optional
headers, data payload, cyclic redundancy check, and
end-of-frame delimiter. There are two types of frames: link
control frames and data frames. See also
.
FRU
Field-replaceable unit. A component that can be replaced on
site.
FS
Fibre Channel Service. A service that is defined by FC
standards and exists at a well-known address. The Simple
Name Server, for example, is an FC service.
FSP
Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common protocol for all
fabric services; it is transparent to the fabric type or topology.
FSPF
Fabric shortest path first. HP routing protocol for FC switches.
Fx_Port
A fabric port that can operate as an F_Port or FL_Port.
G_Port
Generic port. A port that can operate as an E_Port or F_Port.
A port is defined as a G_Port when it is not yet connected or
has not yet assumed a specific function in the fabric. See also
,
hard address
The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop
initialization. See also
idle
Continuous transmission of an ordered set over an FC link
when no data is being transmitted, to keep the link active and
maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization.
integrated fabric
The fabric created by connecting multiple HP switches with
multiple ISL cables, and configuring the switches to handle
traffic as a seamless group.
ISL trunking
The distribution of traffic over the combined bandwidth of
multiple ISLs. A set of trunked ISLs is called a trunking group;
the ports in a trunking group are called trunking ports.
isolated E_Port
An E_Port that is online but not operational due to overlapping
domain IDs or nonidentical parameters (such as E_D_TOVs).
See also
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