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Glossary
port address name
A user-defined symbolic name of 24 characters or less that identifies a
particular port address.
port card
Field-replaceable hardware component that provides the port
connections for fiber cables and performs specific device-dependent
logic functions.
port card map
Map showing port numbers and port card slot numbers inside a
hardware cabinet.
POST See
power-on self-test .
power-on self-test
POST. Series of diagnostic tests that are run automatically by a device
when the power is turned on
preferred domain ID
Configured value that a switch will request from the Principal
Switch. If the preferred value is already in use, the Principal Switch
will assign a different value.
preventive service
planning bucket
PSP bucket. Collected problems after early ship of an IBM product.
principal switch
In a multiswitch fabric, the switch that allocates domain IDs to itself
and to all other switches in the fabric. There is always one principal
switch in a fabric. If a switch is not connected to any other switches, it
acts as its own principal switch.
printed wiring
assembly
PWA. A thin board on which integrated circuits and other electronic
components are placed and connected to each other via thin copper
traces.
private device
A loop device that cannot transmit a fabric login command (FLOGI)
command to a switch or director, nor communicate with
fabric-attached devices.
Contrast with
public device .
private loop
A private loop is not connected to a switched fabric, and the switch’s
embedded expansion port (E_Port) and fabric loop port (FL_Port) are
inactive. All devices attached to the loop can only communicate with
each other.
Contrast with
public loop .
processor complex
A system configuration that consists of all the machines required for
operation, for example, a processor unit, a processor controller, a
system display, a service support display, and a power and coolant
distribution unit.