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Glossary
G
gateway address
(1) In transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP), a
device that connects two systems that use the same or different
protocols. (2) In TCP/IP, the address of a router to which a device
sends frames destined for addresses not on the same physical
network (for example, not on the same Ethernet) as the sender. The
hexadecimal format for the gateway address is XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.
Gb See
gigabit .
GB
See
gigabyte .
GbIC
See
gigabit interface converter .
Gbps
Acronym for gigabits per second.
generic port
G_Port. Physical interface on a director or switch that can function
either as a fabric port (F_Port) or an expansion port (E_Port),
depending on the port type to which it connects.
See also
bridge port ;
expansion port ; fabric loop port ; fabric port ; hub port ; node loop port ;
node port ; segmented expansion port .
GHz See
gigahertz .
gigabit
Gb. A unit of measure for data storage, equal to approximately
134,217,728 bytes. Approximately one eighth of a gigabyte.
gigabit Ethernet
An evolving standard that will be used to support ultra high-speed
connections along the backbone of Internet and intranet networks.
Supports transmission rates of one Gigabit per second.
gigabit interface
converter
GbIC. A removable module that converts an electrical serial data
stream to an optical or amplified electrical serial data stream.
Contains connector for attaching fiber-optic cable.
gigabyte
GB. A unit of measure for data storage, equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Generally approximated as one billion bytes
(D)
.
gigahertz
GHz. One billion cycles per second (Hertz)
(D)
.
G_Port See
generic port .