HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter administrator guide (5697-0177, October 2009)

Glossary
This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a
comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
Command View
EVA
HP StorageWorks Command View, a browser-based interface that allows
management of an HP disk array.
disk array A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets and
including a controller and software allowing drives to be ganged together in
various configurations to create virtual drives (LUNs).
DR Group Data replication group. A logical group of vdisks in a remote replication
relationship with a corresponding group on another array.
EVA HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.
failback Restoring a system back to its original state after a system failure.
failover When the recovery site takes over operation in place of the protected site after
hardware or the entire protected site fails.
HBA Host Bus Adapter
LUN Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as surfaced by a
hardware RAID subsystem. A vdisk, consisting of multiple portions of physical
disks addressed as a single unit.
Protected Site The datacenter containing the protected virtual machines from which data is
being replicated to the recovery site.
RAID Redundant array of independent disks.
Recovery Site The datacenter containing the virtual machines that will be recovered and perform
work while the protected site is unavailable.
snapshot A generic term meaning a static point-in-time copy of a volume, typically used
for backup.
SRM VMware Site Recovery Manager
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