HP StorageWorks 2.32 SAN Switch - Manual (Page 328)

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Glossary
IBTA
The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA). The IBTA is an industry consortium of more than
200 companies working together to develop a new common I/O specification designed to bring
greater scalability and performance to server I/O. InfiniBand defines a new channel based,
switched-fabric technology for server-to-server and server-to-I/O interconnection that is
expected to improve scalability and performance over existing PCI Bus technologies.
Idle
Continuous transmission of an ordered set over a Fibre Channel link when no data is being
transmitted, to keep the link active and maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization.
Infiniband
See IBTA.
Initiator
A server or workstation on a Fibre Channel network that initiates communications with
storage devices.
See also Target.
Integrated Fabric
The fabric created by a SAN Switch Integrated/32 and SAN Switch Integrated/64, consisting
of six SAN Switch 16-EL switches cabled together and configured to handle traffic as a
seamless group.
IOD
In-order Delivery. A parameter that, when set, guarantees that frames are either delivered in
order or dropped.
IPA
Initial Process Associator. An identifier associated with a process at an N_Port.
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 E_Port.
ISL
Interswitch Link. a Fibre Channel link from the E_Port of one switch to the E_Port of another.
See also E_Port, cascade, ISL trunking.