SANs Demystified
Get up to speed quickly on storage area networks (SANs) in the real world. This detailed resource explains SAN technology and functions, showing how to manage, configure, and build your own SAN for a wide variety of applications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SANs Demystified
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- N_Port
- Port that connects a node to a fabric or to another node; N_Ports connect to fabrics F_Ports or to other nodes N_Ports. N_Ports handle creation, detection, and flow of message units to and from the connected systems. N_Ports are end points in point-to-point links.
- N_Port name
- A name identifier associated with an N_Port.
- NAA
- Network Address Authority.
- Name identifier
- A 64-bit identifier consisting of a 60-bit value concatenated with a 4-bit NAA identifier; name identifiers identify Fibre Channel entities such as N_Port, node, F_Port, or fabric.
- Name server
- An intelligent entity in a network that translates between symbolic node names and network addresses. In a Fibre Channel network, a name server translates between worldwide names and fabric addresses.
- Naming
- The mapping of address space to a set of objects; naming is typically used either for human convenience (for example, symbolic names attached to files or storage devices) or to establish a level of independence between two system components (for example, identification of files by iNode names or identification of computers by IP addresses).
- Namespace
- The set of valid names recognized by a file system; one of four basic functions of file systems is maintenance of a namespace so that invalid and duplicate names do not occur. In XML, a document at a specific web address (URL) that lists the names of data elements and attributes that are used in other XML files; in CIM and WBEM, a collection of object...
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