Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

About EMC Navisphere CLITermEvent MonitorFLARE ® softwareFront-end portHBAhost agentIQNiSCSIiSCSI initiatoriSCSI targetmanaged agentmanaged hostmanaged storage systemMeaningEMC Navisphere Event Monitor.Formerly known as Core or Base software.Ports associated with external initiators (for example, servers, SAN copy, Mirrorviewinitiators).Host bus adapter.The EMC Navisphere Agent that runs on a storage-system server.iSCSI Qualified Name is an iSCSI port worldwide name such asiqn.1992-04.com.emc:cx.apm00034901792.a0.internet SCSI protocol that uses the Internet Protocol (IP) for communicationbetween iSCSI initiators and iSCSI targets.An iSCSI device that initiates requests to iSCSI targets. such as a server thatcontains either NICs or iSCSI HBAs.An iSCSI device that responds to requests issued by initiators. For example, aniSCSI storage system is a target to iSCSI initiators.Host agent or SP agent managed by EMC Navisphere management software.A host agent that you selected to manage.A storage system managed by EMC Navisphere Manager.Manager See “EMC Navisphere Manager”NASNavisphere ExpresspersistPowerPathphysical port IDphysical slot IDRAID group storage systemSANNetwork attached storage.A limited web-based management interface supported on AX4-5 series and AXseries (also known as Navi Express).Writes configuration information to persistent memory. Sometimes this is referred toas initializing the port.EMC PowerPath ® failover software.The location of the I/O port relative to its I/O module. The physical location isrequired to find the back-end ports on a CX4 series storage system.The slot that is inserted into the I/O module . The physical location is required to findthe back-end ports on a CX4 series storage system.A storage system whose SPs are running FLARE software with RAID groupfunctionality.Storage area network.15