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HP McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual

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McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide

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Principal switch

The switch in the fabric that manages domain ID assignments

Product Feature

Enablement key

A password that you can purchase from your switch distributor or authorized
reseller to enable particular features in your switch

SFP

Small Form-Factor Pluggable transceiver

Small Form-Factor

Pluggable (SFP)

A transceiver device, smaller than a GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into the
Fibre Channel port

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

Target

A storage device that responds to an initiator device

User account

An object stored on a switch that consists of an account name, password, authority
level, and expiration date

VCCI

Voluntary Control Council for Interference

World Wide Name

(WWN)

A unique 64-bit address assigned to a device by the device manufacturer

WWN

World Wide Name

Zone

Zoning divides the fabric for purposes of controlling discovery. Members of the
same zone automatically discover and communicate freely with all other members
of the same zone.

Zone set

A set of zones grouped together. The active zone set defines the zoning for a fabric.

Zoning database

The set of zone sets and zones stored on a switch