ISO/IEC 14165-414:2007 情報技術—ファイバーチャネル—パート414：汎用サービス— 4（FC-GS-4） | ページ 6

3.2.1

address identifier

an address value used to identify source (S_ID) or destination (D_ID) of a frame

3.2.2

alias address identifier (alias)

one or more address identifiers that may be recognized by an Nx_Port in addition to its N_Port Identifier;

an alias address identifier is Fabric unique and may be common to multiple Nx_Ports

3.2.3

Area_ID

second level in a three-level addressing hierarchy (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.4

B_Port

a Bridge Port is a Fabric inter-element port used to connect Bridge devices with E_Ports on a Switch; the B_Port provides a subset of the E_port functionality (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.5

bridge

see FC-FS

3.2.6

broadcast zone

zone with the broadcast attribute set

3.2.7

broadcast zoning enforcement

zoning technique in which the fabric limits the broadcast distribution among zone members through frame-by-frame filtering techniques

3.2.8

client

entity that, via its CT, makes requests of a server

3.2.9

common transport

CT

a protocol defined by this standard that provides access to Services and their related servers; CT may also refer to an instance of the common transport

3.2.10

default zone

a zone that contains all Nx_Ports that are not members of any zone in the active zone set; the default zone is not a member of the active zone set

3.2.11

directory

repository of information about objects that may be accessed via the directory service

3.2.12

Domain_ID

the highest or most significant hierarchical level in the three-level addressing hierarchy (i.e., the most significant byte of the address identifier) (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.13

E_Port

a fabric"expansion" port that attaches to another lnterconnect_Port to create an inter-switch link (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.14

F_Port

the link control facility within the fabric that attaches to an N_Port through a link (see FC-FS)

3.2.15

FL_Port

an F_Port that contains arbitrated loop functions associated with arbitrated loop topology (see FCAL-2).

3.2.16

Fx_Port

a switch port capable of operating as an F_Port or FL_Port

3.2.17

fabric

any interconnect between two or more Nx_Ports, including point-to-point, loop and switched fabric

3.2.18

FC_Port

port that is capable of transmitting or receiving fibre channel frames (see FC-FS)

3.2.19

F/NL_Port

NL_Port that detects OPN(00,x) and provides fibre channel services in the absence of an FL_Port (see FC-AL-2)

3.2.20

gateway

see FC-FS

3.2.21

generic services

collection of services defined by this standard

3.2.22

hard zone

zone with the hard zoning attribute set

3.2.23

hard zoning enforcement

zoning technique in which the fabric limits frame exchange by frame-by-frame filtering

3.2.24

host

see FC-FS

3.2.25

host bus adapter

I/O adapter that connects a host computer bus to the fibre channel medium

3.2.26

hub

see FC-FS

3.2.27

interconnect element

any device in a fabric that assists in the transport of fibre channel frames between FC_Ports

3.2.28

link control facility

a hardware facility that attaches to an end of a link and manages transmission and reception of data; it is contained within each FC_Port (see FC-FS)

3.2.29

link service facilitator

the entity at WKA identifier FFFFFEh, known as the fabric F_Port in FC-FS, the address identifier to which fabric login is directed

3.2.30

multi-function device

see FC-FS

3.2.31

NAS server

see FC-FS

3.2.32

N_Port

a hardware entity that includes a link control facility;

it may act as an Originator, a Responder, or both

3.2.33

NL_Port

an L_Port that is able to perform the function of an N_Port, attached via a link to one or more NL_Ports and zero or more FL_Ports in an arbitrated loop topology (see FC-AL-2)

3.2.34

Nx_Port

a Port operating as an N_Port or NL_Port

3.2.35

N_Port identifier

a fabric unique address identifier by which an Nx_Port is uniquely known;

the identifier may be assigned by the fabric during the initialization procedure;

the identifier may also be assigned by other procedures not defined in FC-FS

3.2.36

N_Port_Name

as defined in FC-FS

3.2.37

Namejdentifier

a 64 bit identifier, with a 60 bit value preceded with a four bit Network_Address_Authority_ldentifier, used to identify physical entities in fibre channel (for example, N_Port, Node, F_Port, or Fabric)

3.2.38

Network_Address_Authority

NAA

an organization such as ITU or IEEE that administers network addressee

3.2.39

Network_Address_Authority identifier

A four bit identifier that indicates a Network_Address_Authority (NAA) (see FC-FS).

3.2.40

printable ASCII characters

ASCII characters in the range 20h through 7Eh

3.2.41

Requesting_CT

a CT that is sending a request

3.2.42

Responding_CT

a CT that is responding to a prior request

3.2.43

secured association identifier

SAID

a value that specifies a secured association relationship between two clients;

SAIDs allow multiple concurrent secured associations to be active between two clients

3.2.44

server

a server is an entity that, via its CT, accepts requests from a client and provides responses to the client;

a server is accessed via a service (for example, the name server is accessed using the directory service)

3.2.45

service

a service is provided by a node, accessible via an N_Port that is addressed by a WKA or an N_Port identifier (for example, the directory service and the alias service);

a service provides access to one or more servers

3.2.46

soft zone

a zone consisting of zone members that are made visible to each other through client service requests;

typically, soft zones contain zone members that are visible to devices via name server exposure of

zone members;

the fabric does not enforce a soft zone on a frame-by-frame basis

3.2.47

soft zoning enforcement

zoning technique in which the fabric enforces membership through name server visibility

3.2.48

storage access device

see FC-FS

3.2.49

storage device

see FC-FS

3.2.50

storage subsystem

see FC-FS

3.2.51

switch

a fabric element conforming to the fibre channel switch fabric set of standards (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.52

switched fabric

a fabric comprised of one or more switches (see FC-SW-3)

3.2.53

symbolic name

a user-defined name for an object, up to 255 characters in length;

the directory service does not guarantee uniqueness of its value

3.2.54

unidentified Nx_Port

an Nx_Port that has not yet had its N_Port identifier assigned by the initialization procedure

3.2.55

virtualization device

see FC-FS

3.2.56

wavelength division multiplexer

see FC-FS

3.2.57

well-known address

an address identifier defined in FC-FS to access a service

a well-known address shall not be subject to zone restrictions (i.e., a well-known address is always accessible, irrespective of the current active zone set)

3.2.58

zone

a group of zone members; members of a zone are made aware of each other, but not made aware of Nx Ports outside the zone

3.2.59

zone definition

the parameters that define a zone (i.e., the zone name, number of zone members and zone member definition)

3.2.60

zone member

an Nx_Port to be included in a zone, as specified by its zone member definition:

N_Ports at WKAs should not be specified as zone members

3.2.61

zone member definition

parameter by which a zone member is specified

3.2.62

zone name

name assigned to a zone

3.2.63

zone set

one or more zones that may be activated or deactivated as a group

3.2.64

zone set name

the name assigned to a zone set

3.2.65

zone set state

state of a zone set that is either activated or deactivated

3.2.66

active zone set

the zone set that is currently active

only one zone set may be active at any time