Dell SmartFabric OS10 Glossary
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- Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
- A standard path selection protocol used by Fibre Channel fabrics.
- Far-End Failure Detection (FEFD)
- A protocol that detects remote data link errors in a network.
- FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)
- A protocol that establishes Fibre Channel connectivity with Ethernet ports.
- Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
- A storage protocol that enables Fiber Channel communications to run over Ethernet.
- Fibre Channel Fabric Port (F_Port)
- A switch port that connects the Fibre Channel fabric to a host.
- Fibre Channel Zoning (FC zoning)
- A process that partitions a Fibre Channel fabric into subsets to restrict unnecessary interactions, improve security, and manage the fabric more effectively.
- FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB)
- A mode that implements security characteristics to admit valid FCoE traffic in the Ethernet networks.
- First Hop Router (FHR)
- A router that is directly connected to the multicast source. The FHR is responsible for the Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) register process.
- Force-unauthorized
- An unauthorized state in which a device connected to a port is not allowed to communicate on the network without using the authentication process.
- Force-authorized
- An authorized state in which a device connected to the port can communicate on the network without using the authentication process.
- Full-duplex
- A transmission mode where a device, such as a switch, can transmit and receive data simultaneously.
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