HP StoreEasy 1000 Administrator's Manual page 106

mount point A host's file system path or directory name where a host volume (device) is accessed.
NAS Network attached storage.
NFS Network file system. The protocol used in most UNIX environments to share folders or mounts.
NIC Network interface card. A device that handles communication between a device and other devices
on a network.
SAN Storage area network. A network of storage devices available to one or more servers.
SAS Serial Attached SCSI.
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. A widely used network monitoring and control protocol.
Data is passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting
activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, and so on) to the workstation console used
to oversee the network. The agents return information contained in a MIB (Management Information
Base), which is a data structure that defines what is obtainable from the device and what can be
controlled (turned off, on, and so on).
volume Volume on disk. An accessible storage area on disk, either physical or virtual.
volume mapping The process by which volume permissions (read only, read/write, or none) and LUNs are assigned
to a host port.
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