Disk
Any hard disk drive
Disk shelf or shelf
Any storage expansion unit containing hard disk drives.
ESH
The controller module of Fibre Channel disk storage expansion units.
IOM
The Input/Output module of SAS disk storage expansion units.
Loop or Fibre-Channel Arbitrated Loop
One or more daisy-chained Fibre Channel storage expansion units
connected to an N series storage system.
Motherboard tray
The system controller module that executes the software on an N7000
series system. The motherboard tray is at the rear of the N7000 series
system.
Node
The system controller module that executes the software on an N series
system. There is one node in the single-controller models; there are two
nodes in active/active or high availability models.
Stack or SAS stack
A stack of one or more SAS storage expansion units using IOM modules
connected to the storage system. The maximum number of storage
expansion units in a stack of storage expansion units and the number of
storage expansion unit stacks in a configuration are dependent on the type
of storage system.
Command conventions
You can enter commands on the system console or from any client that can obtain
access to the storage system using a Telnet session. In examples that illustrate
commands executed on a UNIX workstation, the command syntax and output
might differ, depending on your version of UNIX.
Formatting conventions
The following table lists different character formats used in this guide to set off
special information.
Formatting convention
Type of information
Italic
type
v
Words or characters that require special
attention.
v
Placeholders for information you must
supply. For example, if the guide requires
you to enter the
fctest
adaptername
command, you enter the characters fctest
followed by the actual name of the
adapter.
v
Book titles in cross-references.
Monospaced
font
v
Command and daemon names.
v
Information displayed on the system
console or other computer monitors.
v
The contents of files.
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