Glossary
A
ADP
ADaPter. Hardware that connects the LCM to the CHA physically and logically.
C
CAC
Common access card.
CHA
Channel adapter.
CU
Control unit.
D
DASD
Direct-access storage device.
DFW
DASD fast write.
DKC
Disk controller.
DKU
Disk unit.
DRV
Driver.
F
FCA
Fibre Channel adapter.
FD
Floppy disk.
H
HDD
Hard disk drive.
HTP
Hyper Transfer Program.
L
LCM
Link Control Module.
LD, LDEV
Logical device. An LDEV is created when a RAID group is carved into pieces according to the
selected host emulation mode (that is, OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9). The number of resulting LDEVs
depends on the selected emulation mode. The term LDEV is also known as term volume.
M
M-VOL
Main volume.
MCU
Main control unit.
MIB
Management Information Base.
P
PCB
Printed circuit board.
PDU
Protocol Data Unit.
PPRC
Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy.
R
R-SIM
Remote service information message.
R-VOL
Remote volume.
RCHA
RAID Channel Adapter.
RCU
Remote control unit.
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