144 Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide ⢠September 2009
capacity
The amount of storage you must allocate to storage elements, including volumes,
pools, and virtual disks. Capacity planning should include allocations for volume
snapshots and volume copies.
CLI
Command-line interface. The SSCS command-line interface is available from the
remote CLI client or through an SSCS directory on the Solaris Operating System
management software station.
controller tray
A tray with an installed redundant RAID controller pair. In a Sun StorageTek 2500
Series array, 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, and 1x4 array types are available.
control path
The route used for communication of system management information, usually an
out-of-band connection.
customer LAN
See site LAN.
DAS
See direct attached storage (DAS).
data host
Any host that uses the system for storage. A data host can be connected directly to
the array (direct attach storage, or DAS) or can be connected to an external switch
that supports multiple data hosts (storage area network, or SAN). See also host.
data path
The route taken by a data packet between a data host and the storage device.
direct attached storage (DAS)
A storage architecture in which one or two hosts that access data are connected
physically to a storage array.
disk
A physical drive component that stores data.
event
A notification of something that happened on a device. There are many types of
events, and each type describes a separate occurrence. See also alarm and alert.