HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch - Manual (Page 111)

HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide 111
Maintenance mode Formerly known as force PROM mode. Sets the IP address to 10.0.0.1 and provides access to
the switch for maintenance purposes.
Management
Information Base
A set of guidelines and definitions for SNMP functions. See SNMP.
Management
workstation
PC workstation that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch.
MIB Management Information Base
NDCLA Nondisruptive Code Load and Activation
NL_Port Node Loop Port. A Fibre Channel device port that supports arbitrated loop protocol.
N_Port Node Port. A Fibre Channel device port in a point-to-point or fabric connection.
NDP Neighborhood Discovery Protocol
NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization
NTP Network Time Protocol
Orphan zone set Zones that are currently not in a zone set are considered to be part of the orphan zone set. The
orphan zone set is not an actual zone set, but rather a way of displaying the zones that are not
currently in a zone set.
OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier or company ID
Pending firmware The firmware image that will be activated upon the next switch reset.
POST Power On Self Test
Power On Self Test
(POST)
Diagnostics that the switch performs at start up.
Principal switch The switch in the fabric that manages domain ID assignments.
QuickTools Switch management web applet.
RSCN Registered State Change Notifications
SCM SAN Connection Manager
SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable
Small Form-Factor
Pluggable
A transceiver device, smaller than a GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into the Fibre
Channel port.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
Soft zone Soft zoning divides the fabric for purposes of controlling discovery. Members of the same soft
zone automatically discover and communicate freely with all other members of the same zone.
SSH Secure Shell
SSJ Secure Sockets Layer
Stack A group of switches connected by their high speed stacking ports. QuickTools auto-detects
switches connected by their 10 Gb/s or 20 Gb/s ports and displays these stacked switches as
a single stack entity in the faceplate display