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SANbox 5800V Series QuickTools Switch Management
User Guide
A
Inter-Switch Link
The connection between two switches
using E_Ports.
IP
Internet Protocol
LIP
Loop Initialization Primitive sequence
Logged-in LED
A port LED that indicates device login or
loop initialization status.
Maintenance Button
Formerly known as the Force PROM
button. Momentary button on the switch
used to reset the switch or place the switch
in maintenance mode.
Maintenance Mode
Formerly known as force PROM mode.
Maintenance mode sets the IP address to
10.0.0.1 and provides access to the switch
for maintenance purposes.
Management Information Base
A set of guidelines and definitions for
SNMP functions.
Management Workstation
PC workstation that manages the fabric
through the fabric management switch.
Mesh Topology
A fabric in which each chassis has at least
one port directly connected to each other
chassis in the fabric.
MIB
Management Information Base
Multistage Topology
A fabric in which two or more edge
switches connect to one or more core
switches.
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.
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.
Pending Firmware
The firmware image that will be activated
upon the next switch reset.
POST
Power On Self Test
Power On Self Test (POST)
Diagnostics that the switch chassis
performs at start up.
Principal Switch
The switch in the fabric that manages
domain ID assignments.
QuickTools
Switch management web applet.
SFP
Small Form-Factor Pluggable.
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
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