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Glossary
This glossary defines terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a comprehensive
glossary of computer terms.
Fabric A contiguous switched network composed of high-speed fiber connections. Each
fabric is a single instantiation of the fabric services. A fabric is an active and
intelligent non-shared interconnect scheme for nodes.
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a mapping of Fibre Channel frames over
lossless Ethernet networks. This storage networking protocol provides the benefit
of Fibre Channel (FC) frames in Ethernet environment allowing I/O consolidation.
HBA A Host Bus Adapter is an I/O device that serves as the interface connecting a
host system to the SAN (Storage Area Network).
SAN Storage Area Network with one or more fabrics. A configuration of networked
devices for storage.
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol used in TCP/IP networks for sending
and receiving email.
Storage array A storage system consisting of one or more storage controllers and the disk drives
they manage.
Topology An interconnection scheme that allows multiple servers and storage devices to
communicate. Arbitrated loop and switched fabric are examples of Fibre Channel
topologies.
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