
Glossary
B
BFS Boot from SAN.
D
DMA Direct memory access.
E
ESD Electrostatic discharge.
F
FC Fibre Channel. A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication among servers,
storage systems, and peripheral devices.
H
HBA Host bus adapter. A hardware device that connects the host server to the fabric.
I
ISA/EISA Industry Standard Architecture/Extended Industry Standard Architecture.
L
LC Lucent connector. An industry-standard connector for fiber optic cable connections.
LUN Logical unit number. An identification scheme for storage disks.
N
NVRAM Nonvolatile RAM.
P
PCIe PCI Express.
POST Power-on self-test.
S
SAN Storage area network. An intelligent infrastructure that connects heterogeneous servers and shared,
heterogeneous storage systems.
SFP A 2 Gb or 4 Gb small form-factor pluggable transceiver.
W
WWN Worldwide name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device, created by combining
the WWPN and the WWNN.
WWNN Worldwide node name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device, derived from
the device IEEE address.
WWPN Worldwide port name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device, derived from the
device IEEE address.
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