McDATA 4500 Manual Do Utilizador

Arbitrated Loop Physical Address.

American National Standards Institute: an organization that provides 
voluntary standards in the United States.

A circuit designed for a specific application or purpose, such as 
implementing the lower-layer Fibre Channel protocol (FC-0). ASICs 
differ from general purpose devices such as memory chips or 
microprocessors.

Fabric software facility that supports multicast group management.

One of the three connection topologies offered by Fibre Channel. Up 
to 126 node ports and one fabric port can communicate without the 
need for a separate switched fabric. See also point to point.

Process of selecting one device from a collection of devices that 
request service simultaneously.

Log summarizing actions (audit trail) made by the user.

Verification of identity for a person or process.

The backplane provides 48 VDC power distribution and connections 
for all logic cards.

When an active FRU fails, an identical backup FRU takes over 
operation automatically (failover) to maintain switch and Fibre 
Channel link operation.

Use of light-emitting diodes on ports, port cards, field-replaceable 
units, and switches to aid in the fault-isolation process; when 
enabled, active beaconing will cause LEDs to flash for faulty 
components.

See bit error rate.

In Fibre Channel, the capability to simultaneously communicate at 
maximum speeds (100 Mbps) in both directions over a link.