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g-4 Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual
Glossary
zoning configurations, and port configurations through the Element
Manager application, results in a collection of configuration data.
Configuration data includes: identification data, port configuration
data, operating parameters, simple network management protocol
(SNMP) configuration, and zoning configuration.
connectionless Nondedicated link. Typically used to describe a link between nodes
which allows the switch to forward Class 2 or Class 3 frames as
resources (ports) allow. Contrast this to the dedicated bandwidth that
is required in a Class 1 Fibre Channel Service point-to-point link.
connector Synonym for optical fiber connector.
control processor
card
CTP card. Circuit card that contains the director or switch
microprocessor. The CTP card also initializes hardware components
of the system after power-on. The card may contain an RJ-45 twisted
pair connector.
control unit A hardware unit that controls the reading, writing, or displaying of
data at one or more input/output units.
control unit port CUP. An internal director or switch port on the control processor
(CTP) card (labelled FE) that communicates with channels to report
error conditions and link initialization
(D) .
CRC See cyclic redundancy check .
CTP card See control processor card .
cyclic redundancy
check
CRC. System of error checking performed at both the sending and
receiving station using the value of a particular character generated
by a cyclic algorithm. When the values generated at each station are
identical, data integrity is confirmed.
D
datagram Synonym for Class 3 Fibre Channel service .
default Pertaining to an attribute, value, or option that is assumed by a
system when none is explicitly specified
(D, I) .