User’s Guide QuickTools Switch Management
5800V Series Fibre Channel Switches
Glossary-4
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Soft Zone
Soft zoning divides the fabric for purposes
of controlling discovery. Members of the
same soft zone automatically discover and
communicate freely with all other
members of the same zone.
Target
A storage device that responds to an initi-
ator device.
TR Port
Transparent Router port. Enables devices
on a remote fabric to be mapped to
devices on the local fabric. TR_Ports do
not
support online port diagnostics
User Account
An object stored on a switch that consists
of an account name, password, authority
level, and expiration date.
VCCI
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
World Wide Name (WWN)
A unique 64-bit address assigned to a
device by the device manufacturer.
WWN
World Wide Name
XPAK
A 10/20Gbps transceiver device that plugs
into the Fibre Channel port.
Zone
A set of ports or devices grouped together
to control the exchange of information.
Zone Set
A set of zones grouped together. The
active zone set defines the zoning for a
fabric.
Zoning Database
The set of zone sets, zones, and aliases
stored on a switch.