HP Array Controller HSG V8.7 Software - Manual (Page 533)

Glossary G–7
FC–PH The Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard.
FC–SB Fibre Channel Single Byte Command Code Set
FC–SW Fibre Channel Switched Topology and Switch Controls
FCC Federal Communications Commission. The federal agency responsible
for establishing standards and approving electronic devices within the
United States.
FCC Class A This certification label appears on electronic devices that can only be
used in a commercial environment within the United States.
FCC Class B This certification label appears on electronic devices that can be used in
either a home or a commercial environment within the United States.
FCP The mapping of SCSI-3 operations to Fibre Channel.
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface. An ANSI standard for 100 megabaud
transmission over fiber optic cable.
FD SCSI The fast, narrow, differential SCSI bus with an 8-bit data transfer rate of
10 MB/s. See also FWD SCSI and SCSI.
fiber A fiber or optical strand. Spelled fibre in Fibre Channel.
fiber optic cable A transmission medium designed to transmit digital signals in the form
of pulses of light. Fiber optic cable is noted for its properties of
electrical isolation and resistance to electrostatic contamination.
FL_Port A port in a fabric where N_Port or an NL_Port may be connected.
flush The act of writing dirty data from cache to a storage media.
FMU Fault management utility.
forced errors A data bit indicating a corresponding logical data block contains
unrecoverable data.
frame An invisible unit used to transfer information in Fibre Channel.