cooperating systems that must adhere to a common framework and a common
language or protocol.
soft zoning
A fabric zoning method that filters the visibility of objects on the storage network
so that an object can only see other objects that share at least one zone membership
with it. Unlike hard zoning, soft zoning is not enforced at the switches themselves.
See also hard zoning.
storage area network
(SAN)
See SAN
storage array
A collection of disks or tapes that are part of a storage subsystem, managed as a
unit by a body of control software. The disks or tapes may be housed in a single
physical device or in multiple devices. See also disk array tape device.
storage device
See device.
storage pool
A single entity representing a collection of LUNs. Using storage pools, storage
administrators can create virtual disks of different sizes. These virtual disks can
then be assigned to virtual machines.
Storage System
A NetApp unified storage device that operates using Data ONTAP software.
MultiStore Virtual Systems, also known as Multistore devices, can be configured
on physical filers (pfilers). See also NetApp unified storage.
storage view
A logical port defined for an array that supports SMI-S 1.1. When a storage view
is defined, the array can support LUN masking with multiple, heterogeneous hosts
through a single physical array port. See also array virtual port.
striping
A layout technique that spreads data across several physical disks by mapping
the data to successive media, known as stripes, in a cyclic pattern. Also RAID Level
0.
subnet
A portion of a storage network typically consisting of all machines in one locale,
in one building, or on the same local area network (LAN). Internet Request for
Comments 950 provides the standard procedure for creating and identifying
subnets.
subnet mask
A 32-bit mask that identifies the portions of an IP address to be used for locating
addresses in a subnetwork.
switch
A network device to which nodes attach and which provides high-speed switching
of node connections via link-level addressing.
Symantec Private
Branch Exchange (PBX)
A common component that uses socket passing to reduce the number of ports
required to be open across a firewall. PBX uses a paradigm similar to that of a
telephone switchboard in which calls placed to a switchboard are redirected to a
known extension. In the PBX exchange, client connections sent to the exchange’s
port are redirected to an extension associated with the CommandCentral Storage
Management Server.
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