
Glossary
Glos-1
Glossary
A
ANSI
An acronym for the
American National Standards
Institute, the coordinating
organization for voluntary
standards in the United States.
Arbitrated loop topology
Fibre
Channel topology that provides a
low-cost solution to attach multiple
communicating ports in a loop
without switches.
Asynchronous
SCSI signals are
transmitted one at a time down the
SCSI communication path.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode
C
CDB
An acronym for the
Command Descriptor Block.
CRC
An acronym for Cyclic
Redundancy Check. An error-
correcting code used in Fibre
Channel.
D
Differential SCSI
A SCSI
implementation that allows a cable
length of up to 25 meters.
F
Fabric
Fibre Channel-defined
interconnection methodology that
supports high-speed data routing
in Fibre Channel networks.
FC-AL
An acronym for Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop topology.
FC-SW
An acronym for Fibre
Channel Switched topology. The
highest performance Fibre
Channel fabric, providing a choice
of multiple path routings between
pairs of F-ports.
FDDI
An acronym for the Fibre
Distributed Data Interface. ANSI’s
architecture for a Metropolitan
Area Network; a network based on
the use of optical fibre cable to
transmit data at 100 MBsc
Fibre Bridge
Bi-directional
connectivity for data transfers
between Fibre and SCSI.
Summary of Contents for 2100 ER
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Page 15: ...1 1 Introduction 1 Introduction ...
Page 24: ...1 10 Chapter1 Introduction Fibre Channel Configurations ...
Page 25: ...2 1 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge 2 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge ...
Page 36: ...2 12 Chapter2 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge Installing Cables ...
Page 37: ...3 1 Operating the Fibre Bridge 3 Operating the Fibre Bridge ...
Page 51: ...4 1 Troubleshooting Guide 4 Troubleshooting Guide ...
Page 58: ...4 8 Chapter4 Troubleshooting Guide Troubleshooting ...
Page 59: ...A 1 Fibre Channel Overview A Fibre Channel Overview ...
Page 70: ...A 12 AppendixA Fibre Channel Overview Problems with Fibre Channel ...
Page 71: ...B 1 Support and Customer Service B Support and Customer Service ...
Page 82: ...B 12 AppendixB Support and Customer Service Hewlett Packard Customer Support ...
Page 83: ...C 1 Safety and Regulatory C Safety and Regulatory Information ...
Page 86: ...C 4 AppendixC Safety and Regulatory Information Chapter Overview ...