Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM - Manual (Page 94)

Acronyms-2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM User and Reference Guide
CVS Custom Volume Size (another name for Virtual LVI/LUN)
DASD direct access storage device
dB(A) decibel (A-weighted)
DFDSS Data Facility Dataset Services
DFSMS Data Facility System Managed Storage
DFW DASD fast write
DKA disk adapter (another name for BED)
DKC disk controller (DKC610 = USP V, DKC615 = USP VM)
DKP disk processor (microprocessors on the BED features)
DKU disk unit
DLM data lifecycle management
DNS domain name system
DP Dynamic Provisioning
dr drive
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DSF Device Support Facilities
DTDS+ Disaster Tolerant Storage System Plus
EBED encrypting back-end director
ECKD Extended Count Key Data
EOF end of field
EMI electromagnetic interference
EPO emergency power-off
EREP Error Reporting
ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture
ESCON Enterprise System Connection (IBM trademark for optical channels)
ESS Enterprise Storage Server ®
ExSA Extended Serial Adapter
FAL File Access Library (part of the Cross-OS File Exchange software)
FBA fixed-block architecture
FC fibre-channel
FC-AL fibre-channel arbitrated loop
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCP fibre-channel protocol
FCU File Conversion Utility (part of the Cross-OS File Exchange software)
FDR Fast Dump/Restore
FED front-end director
FICON Fiber Connection
F/M format/message
FWD fast wide differential
FX Hitachi Cross-OS File Exchange
g acceleration of gravity (9.8 m/s 2 ) (unit used for vibration and shock)
Gb gigabit
GB gigabyte (see Convention for Storage Capacity Values )
Gbps, Gb/s gigabit per second
GLM gigabyte link module
GLPR global logical partition
GUI graphical user interface
HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
HBA host bus adapter