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HSG80 Array Controller V8.7 Command Line Interface Reference Guide
Glossary
IPI-3 Tape
Intelligent Peripheral Interface Level 3 for Tape.
JBOD
Just a bunch of disks. A term used to describe a group of single-device logical units not
configured into any other container type.
kernel
The most privileged processor access mode.
L_Port
A node or fabric port capable of performing Arbitrated Loop functions and protocols.
NL_Ports and FL_Ports are loop-capable ports.
link
A connection between two Fibre Channel ports consisting of a transmit fibre and a receive
fibre.
local connection
A connection to the subsystem, by way of the controller serial maintenance port, to a
maintenance terminal or the host terminal. A local connection enables you to connect to one
subsystem controller to perform maintenance tasks. See also maintenance terminal; local
terminal.
local terminal
A terminal plugged into the EIA-423 maintenance port located on the front bezel of the
controller. See also maintenance terminal; local connection.
logical bus
A single-ended bus connected to a differential bus by a SCSI bus signal converter.
logical unit
A physical or virtual device addressable through a target ID number. LUNs use their target’s
bus connection to communicate on the SCSI bus. See also unit; LUN.
logical unit number
See LUN
logon
Also called login. A procedure whereby a participant, either a person or network connection, is
identified as being an authorized network participant.