Solaris Storage Glossary


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Also see the SNIA Dictionary.

A

ADM = Automatic Data Migration
[AL_PA] = Arbitrated Loop Port Address
[ARB]
[Area]
[ARP] = ?
[Autofailback]

B

Block Storage - Wikipedia

C

COMSTAR

D

[Data Lifecycle Management]
[Data Management]
[Data Service]
ddi - see [Device Driver Interface]
[Device Driver Interface]
[disk array] - see also Wikipedia
[Domain]
DR - see [Dynamic Reconfiguration]
[Dynamic Reconfiguration]

E

E_Port - aka Expansion Port - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia
[environmental sense pages]
[EX_Port] - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia

F

F_Port - aka Fabric Port - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia
[fabric]
[failback]
[failover] - see also Wikipedia definition
[Fast SCSI]
FCA = Fibre Channel Adapter
FC = Fibre Channel - see also Wikipedia definition
[FCBase-T]
FCIP = [Fibre Channel over IP] - see Wikipedia definition
FCP = [Fibre Channel Protocol] - see also Wikipedia definition
FCoE - see Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
[FCSM] = see ?
fctl = see?
Fibre Channel - see also Wikipedia definition
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
fixed-content storage
FL_port - aka Fabric Loop Port - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia
FLOGI
FP - see ?
[Full Duplex]

G

[G_port] - aka Generic Port - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia
{GL_port]
GUID

H

HBA - aka Host Bus Adapter
Honeycomb
[Hot Plug]
Hot Plug Architecture

I

ibsrp
ILM - see ?
[Infiniband]
[Information Management]
initiator
[IP SAN] = ?
[iSCSI] = Internet Small Computer Systems Interface - see also Wikipedia definition
iSER = iSCSI Extensions for Remote [DMA]

J

JBOD = "Just a Bunch of Disks"

K

L

[L_port] - aka Loop Port - used in Fibre Channel, see also Wikipedia
Leadville
LIP - see Loop Initialization Procedure
[Load Balance]
Loop Initialization Procedure
[Loop ID]
[Loop Redundancy Circuit]
LR - see [Link Reset]
LRR - see [Link Reset Response] (link is up at this point)
LUN - [logical unit]
[luxadmn]

M

MDI
Monolithic Drivers
MPxIO
[Multipath]

N

N_port - aka Node Port - see also Wikipedia
NAS = [Network-Attached Storage]
[NFS] = Network File System - see also Wikipedia definition
[NIC] = ?
[NL_port] - aka Node Loop Port - see also Wikipedia
ndi
[Node]
NOS = Not Operational
NPIV - see [N_Port ID Virtualization]
NWWN = Node World Wide Name

O

[OBP]
OLS = Offline
OSD = Object Storage Device

P

[Parallel SCSI]
Path Information Nodes
PCI = ?
pHCI =?
[PLOGI]
Port
[Private Loop]
PWWN = Port World Wide Name

Q

QFS - see SAM

R

[RAID] = Redundant Array of Independent Disks - see Wikipedia definition

S

SAM
[SAN] = Storage Area Network - see also Wikipedia definition
[SAS] = Serial Attached SCSI
SCSA
SCSI - see also Wikipedia definition
[Segmented Loop]
[Serial]
[SES]
[SFS] = ?
[SMI-S] = ?
[Storage Grid]
[switch] - see also Wikipedia definition

T

[target]
[Target Identifier]
[TL_port]
TPGS = Target Group Port Support
TWG = [Technical Work Group] (SNIA)

U

ULP
[Ultra SCSI]

V

vHCI
[VM]

W

[Wide SCSI]
[World Wide Name]
WWN = World Wide Name

X

Y

Z

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