User’s Guide Enterprise Fabric Suite
5800V Series Fibre Channel Switches
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Management Information Base
A set of guidelines and definitions for
SNMP functions. See SNMP.
management workstation
PC workstation that manages the fabric
through the fabric management switch.
MIB
Management Information Base
NDCLA
Nondisruptive Code Load and Activation
NL_Port
Node Loop Port. A Fibre Channel device
port that supports arbitrated loop protocol.
N_Port
Node Port. A Fibre Channel device port in
a point-to-point or fabric connection.
NDP
Neighborhood Discovery Protocol
NPIV
N_Port ID Virtualization
NTP
Network Time Protocol
orphan zone set
Zones that are currently not in a zone set
are considered to be part of the orphan
zone set. The orphan zone set is not an
actual zone set, but rather a way of
displaying the zones that are not currently
in a zone set.
OUI
Organizationally unique identifier or
company ID
pending firmware
The firmware image that is activated upon
the next switch reset.
Power On Self Test (POST)
Diagnostics that the switch performs at
start up.
principal switch
The switch in the fabric that manages
domain ID assignments.
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service
Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service (RADIUS)
A networking protocol that provides
centralized authorization and authentica-
tion for device and user logins.
RSCN
Registered State Change Notifications
SCCM
Simple SAN Connection Manager
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
A transceiver device, smaller than a
GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into
the Fibre Channel port.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
soft zone
Soft zoning divides the fabric for purposes
of controlling discovery. Members of the
same soft zone automatically discover and
communicate freely with all other
members of the same zone.
SSH
Secure Shell
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