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Glossary
Gbps
Acronym for gigabits per second.
generic port
G_Port. Physical interface on a director or switch that can function
either as a fabric port (F_Port) or an expansion port (E_Port),
depending on the port type to which it connects. See also expansion
port; fabric loop port; fabric port; hub port; node loop port; node port;
segmented expansion port.
generic port module
card
GPM card. A port card that implements four generic ports (G_Ports)
and provides the physical connection point for links to Fibre Channel
devices.
GHz
gigabit
See gigahertz.
Gb. A unit of measure for data storage, equal to approximately
134,217,728 bytes. Approximately one eighth of a gigabyte.
gigabyte
GB. A unit of measure for data storage, equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Generally approximated as one billion bytes (D).
gigahertz
GHz. One billion cycles per second (Hertz) (D).
GPM card
See generic port module card.
G_Port
graphical user
interface
GUI
See generic port.
GUI. A visually oriented interface where the user interacts with
representations of real-world objects displayed on the computer
screen. Interactions with such objects produce actions that are
intuitive to the user (D).
See graphical user interface.
H
hardware
HBA
Hertz
Physical equipment (director, switch, or personal computer) as
opposed to computer programs or software.
See host bus adapter.
Hz. A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
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