59266-01 B Glossary-1
Glossary
active zone set
The zone set that defines the current
zoning for the fabric.
active firmware
The firmware image on the switch that is in
use.
Activity LED
A port LED that indicates when frames are
entering or leaving the port.
administrative state
State that determines the operating state
of the port or switch. The configured
administrative state is stored in the switch
configuration. The configured administra-
tive state can be temporarily overridden
using the command line interface.
alarm
A message generated by the switch that
specifically requests attention. Alarms are
generated by several switch processes.
Some alarms can be configured.
alias
A named set of ports or devices. An alias
is not a zone, and cannot have a zone or
another alias as a member.
AL_PA
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
arbitrated loop
A Fibre Channel topology where ports use
arbitration to establish a point-to-point
circuit.
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (AL_PA)
A unique one-byte value assigned during
loop initialization to each NL_Port on a
loop.
Auto Save
Zoning parameter that determines whether
changes to the active zone set that a
switch receives from other switches in the
fabric is saved to permanent memory on
that switch.
BootP
A type of network server.
buffer credit
A measure of port buffer capacity equal to
one frame.
Certificate
A certificate is used to authenticate an IKE
peer.
Certificate Authority
An entity or vendor that issues and verifies
certificates for use by other parties
Certificate Request
A certificate request specifies the informa-
tion packaged in a certificate request file.
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