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HSG80 Array Controller V8.7 Command Line Interface Reference Guide
Glossary
FC–LE
Fibre Channel Link Encapsulation (ISO 8802.2).
FCP
The mapping of SCSI-3 operations to Fibre Channel.
FC–PH specification
The Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard.
FC–SB
Fibre Channel Single Byte Command Code Set.
FC–SW
Fibre Channel Switched Topology and Switch Controls.
FD SCSI
The fast, narrow, differential SCSI bus with an 8-bit data transfer rate of 10 MB/s. See also
FWD SCSI; SCSI.
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface. An ANSI standard for 100 megabaud transmission over fiber
optic cable.
FG–FP
Fibre Channel Framing Protocol (HIPPI on FC).
fiber
A fiber or optical strand. Spelled fibre in Fibre Channel.
fiber optic cable
A transmission medium designed to transmit digital signals in the form of pulses of light. Fiber
optic cable is noted for its properties of electrical isolation and resistance to electrostatic
contamination.
FL_Port
A port in a fabric where N_Port or an NL_Port may be connected.
flush
The act of writing dirty data from cache to a storage media. See also dirty data.
FMU
Fault Management Utility. A utility that is run to provide fault or error reporting information.