Gb Gigabit. A m easurement of the rate at which the transfer of bits of data
occurs. Sometimes referred to as Gbps. N omi nally, a Gb is a transfer rate of
1,000,000,000 (10
9
)bitspersecond.
For Fibre Channel transceivers or FC loops the G b transfer rates are:
• 1 Gb is a transmission rate of 1,062,500,000 bits per second.
• 2 Gb is a transmission rate of 2,125,000,000 bits per second.
GB Gigabyte. A unit of measurement defining either:
• Adatatransferrate.
• A storage or memory capacit y of 1,073,741,824 (2
30
)bytes.
See also GBps.
Gbps Gigabits per second. A measurement of the rate at which the transfer of bits
of data occurs. Nominally, a Gb is a transfer rate of 1,000,000,000 (10
9
)
bits per second.
See also Gb.
GBps Gigabytespersecond. Ameasurementoftherateatwhichthetransferof
bytes of data occurs. A GBps is a transfer rate of 1,000,000,000 (10
9
) bytes
per second.
See also GB.
Giga (G) The notation to represent 10
9
or 1 billion (1,000,000,000).
gigabaud An encoded bit transmission rate of one billion (10
9
)bitspersecond.
gigabit See Gb.
gigabit per second See Gbps.
graphical user
interface
See GUI.
GUI Graphical User Interface. Software that displays the status of a storage system
and allows its user to control the storage system.
HBA Host Bus Adapter.
See also FCA.
host A computer that runs user applications and uses (or can potentially use) one or
more virtual disks created and pr esented by the controller pair.
Host Bu s Adapter See FCA.
host computer See host.
host link indicator The HSV Controller display that indicates the status of the storage system Fibre
Channel links.
host por ts A connection point to one or more hosts through a Fibre Channel fabric. A
host is a computer that runs user applications and that uses (or can potentially
use) one or more of the virtual disks that are created and presented by the
controller pair.
host-side ports See host ports.
hot-pluggable A method of element replacement whereby the complete system remains
ope
rational during element removal or insertion. Replacement does not interrupt
dat
a transfers to other elements.
hub A communications infrastructure device to which nodes on a multi-point bus
orlooparephysicallyconnected.Itisusedtoimprovethemanageabilityof
phys ical cables.
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