EMC Connectrix ED-64M, User Manual

Page: 463 / 476

Connectrix ED-64M User Guide
g-13
Glossary
Multicast Multicast is used when multiple copies of data are to be sent to
designated, multiple, destinations.
Multiswitch Fabric Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one switch or
director together to allow communication. See also ISL.
Multiswitch Linking Port-to-port connections between two switches.
N
Name Server The program facility that allows the N_Ports to register and discover
Fibre Channel attributes.
Network Address A name or address that identifies a managed product, such as a
Connectrix switch, or a Connectrix sevice processor on a TCP/IP
network. The network address can be either an IP address in dotted
decimal notation, or a Domain Name Service (DNS) name as
administered on a customer network. All DNS names have a host
name component and (if fully qualified) a domain component, such
as host1.emc.com. In this example, host1 is the host name and EMC.com
is the domain component.
Nickname A name representing one or more port numbers or World Wide
Names.
Node The point at which one or more functional units connect to the
network.
N_Port Node Port, a physical interface within an end device (node) which
can attach to an F_Port or directly to another N_Port through a
point-to-point link connection.
NVRAM Nonvolatile random access memory.
O
Offline Sequence A sequence sent by the transmitting port to indicate that it has
detected a problem while attempting to initialize a link.
OLS See Offline Sequence.
Operating System Software that controls the execution of programs and that may
provide such services as resource allocation, scheduling,
input/output control, and data management. Although operating