external application
A software module that is used by a storage system but runs on a
separate platform.
external volume
A logical volume whose data resides on drives that are physically located
outside the Hitachi storage system.
F
FC
Fibre Channel; FlashCopy
FC-AL
fibre-channel arbitrated loop
FCP
fibre-channel protocol
FCSP
fibre-channel security protocol
FICON
Fibre Connectivity
flash drive
A data drive that uses a solid-state memory device instead of a rotating
hard disk.
flash module
A high speed data storage device that includes a custom flash controller
and several flash memory sub-modules on a single PCB.
FMD
See flash module
H
HBA
host bus adapter
392 Glossary
System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models