Abbreviations

ABE (Access-Based Enumeration)

ACE (Access Control Entry)

ACL (access control list)

AD (Active Directory)

ALPA (arbitrated loop physical address)

ALUA (Asymmetric Logical Unit Access)

AMS (Account Migrator Service)

API (Application Program Interface)

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

ASP (Active Server Page)

ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment)

BCO (Business Continuance Option)

BIOS (Basic Input Output System

BURT (Bug Reporting Tool)

BCD (block checksum disk)

BLI (block-level incremental)

CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory)

CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface)

CDN (content delivery network)

CFE (Common Firmware Environment)

CFO (cluster failover)

CGI (Common Gateway Interface)

CHA (channel adapter)

CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)

CHIP (Client-Host Interface Processor)

CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing)

CIFS (Common Internet File System)

CIM (Common Information Model)

CLI (command-line interface)

CP (consistency point)

CPU (central processing unit)

CRC (cyclic redundancy check)

CSP (communication service provider)

DAFS (Direct Access File System)

DBBC (database consistency checker)

DCE (Distributed Computing Environment)

DDS (Decru Data Decryption Software)

dedupe (deduplication)

DES (Data Encryption Standard)

DFS (Distributed File System)

DHA (Decru Host Authentication)

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

DIMM (dual-inline memory module)

DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture)

DLL (Dynamic Link Library)

DMA (direct memory access)

DMTD (Distributed Management Task Force)

DNS (Domain Name System)

DOS (Disk Operating System)

DPG (Data Protection Guide)

DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography); Decru, or (EMC Control Center); V-Series

ECDN (enterprise content delivery network)

ECN (Engineering Change Notification)

EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory)

EFB (environmental fault bus)

EFS (Encrypted File System)

EGA (Enterprise Grid Alliance)

EISA (Extended Infrastructure Support Architecture)

ELAN (Emulated LAN)

EMU environmental monitoring unit)

ESH (embedded switching hub)

FAQs (frequently asked questions)

FAS (fabric-attached storage)

FC (Fibre Channel)

FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop)

FC SAN (Fibre Channel storage area network)

FC Tape SAN (Fibre Channel Tape storage area network)

FC-VI (virtual interface over Fibre Channel)

FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol)

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)

FQDN (fully qualified domain name)

FRS (File Replication Service)

FSID (file system ID)

FSRM (File Storage Resource Manager)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

GbE (Gigabit Ethernet)

GID (group identification number)

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

GUI (graphical user interface)

GUID (globally unique identifier)

HA (high availability)

HBA (host bus adapter)

HDM (Hitachi Device Manager Server)

HP (Hewlett-Packard Company)

HTML (hypertext markup language)

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

IB (InfiniBand)

IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)

ICAP (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol)

ICP (Internet Cache Protocol)

ID (identification)

IDL (Interface Definition Language)

ILM (information lifecycle management)

IMS (If-Modified-Since)

I/O (input/output)

IP (Internet Protocol)

IP SAN (Internet Protocol storage area network)

IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name)

iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface)

ISL (Inter-Switch Link)

iSNS (Internet Storage Name Service)

ISP (Internet storage provider)

JBOD (just a bunch of disks)

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)

KB (Knowledge Base)

Kbps (kilobits per second)

KDC (Kerberos Distribution Center)

LAN (local area network)

LBA (Logical Block Access)

LCD (liquid crystal display)

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

LDEV (logical device)

LED (light emitting diode)

LFS (log-structured file system)

LKM (Lifetime Key Management)

LPAR (system logical partition)

LRC (Loop Resiliency Circuit)

LREP (logical replication tool utility)

LUN (logical unit number)

LUSE (Logical Unit Size Expansion)

LVM (Logical Volume Manager)

MAC (Media Access Control)

Mbps (megabits per second)

MCS (multiple connections per session)

MD5 (Message Digest 5)

MDG (managed disk group)

MDisk (managed disk)

MIB (Management Information Base)

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)

MMC (Microsoft Management Console)

MMS (Microsoft Media Streaming)

MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)

MPIO (multipath network input/output)

MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher)

MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Service

MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine)

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)

NAS (network-attached storage)

NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol)

NFS (Network File System)

NIC (network interface card)

NMC (Network Management Console)

NMS (network management station)

NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol)

NTFS (New Technology File System)

NTLM (NetLanMan)

NTP (Network Time Protocol)

NVMEM (nonvolatile memory management)

NVRAM (nonvolatile random-access memory)

OFM (Open File Manager)

OFW (Open Firmware)

OLAP (Online Analytical Processing)

OS/2 (Operating System 2)

OSMS (Open Systems Management Software)

OSSV (Open Systems SnapVault)

PC (personal computer)

PCB (printed circuit board)

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)

pcnfsd (storage daemon)

(PC)NFS (Personal Computer Network File System)

PDU (protocol data unit)

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

POP (Post Office Protocol)

POST (power-on self-test)

PPN (physical path name)

PROM (programmable read-only memory)

PSU power supply unit)

PVC (permanent virtual circuit)

QoS (Quality of Service)

QSM (Qtree SnapMirror)

RAD (report archive directory)

RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In Service)

RAID (redundant array of independent disks)

RAID-DP (redundant array of independent disks, double-parity)

RAM (random access memory)

RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol)

RBAC (role-based access control)

RDB (replicated database)

RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)

RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)

RLM (Remote LAN Module)

RMC (remote management controller)

ROM (read-only memory)

RPM (revolutions per minute)

rsh (Remote Shell)

RTCP (Real-time Transport Control Protocol)

RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol)

RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol)

SACL (system access control list)

SAN (storage area network)

SAS (storage area network attached storage) or (serial-attached SCSI)

SATA (serial advanced technology attachment)

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

SFO (storage failover)

SFSR (Single File SnapRestore operation)

SID (Secure ID)

SIMM (single inline memory module)

SLB (Server Load Balancer)

SLP (Service Location Protocol)

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)

SP (Storage Processor)

SPN (service principal name)

SPOF (single point of failure)

SQL (Structured Query Language)

SRM (Storage Resource Management)

SSH (Secure Shell)

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

STP (shielded twisted pair)

SVC (switched virtual circuit)

TapeSAN (tape storage area network)

TCO (total cost of ownership)

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

TOE (TCP offload engine)

TP (twisted pair)

TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)

TTL (Time To Live)

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

UI (user interface)

UID (user identification number)

Ultra ATA (Ultra Advanced Technology Attachment)

UNC (Uniform Naming Convention)

UPS (uninterruptible power supply)

URI (universal resource identifier)

URL (uniform resource locator)

USP (Universal Storage Platform)

UTC (Universal Coordinated Time)

UTP (unshielded twisted pair)

UUID (universal unique identifier)

UWN (unique world wide number)

VCI (virtual channel identifier)

VCMDB (Volume Configuration Management Database)

VDI (Virtual Device Interface)

VDisk (virtual disk)

VDS (Virtual Disk Service)

VFM (Virtual File Manager)

VFS (virtual file system)

VI (virtual interface)

vif (virtual interface)

VIRD (Virtual Router ID)

VLAN (virtual local area network)

VLD (virtual local disk)

VOD (video on demand)

VOIP (voice over IP)

VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)

VTL (Virtual Tape Library)

WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout)

WAN (wide area network)

WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management)

WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Lab)

WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

WORM (write once, read many)

WWN (worldwide name)

WWNN (worldwide node name)

WWPN (worldwide port name)

www (worldwide web)

ZCD (zoned checksum disk)