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ACE An access control entry (ACE) is an entry on an ACL that defines what permissions a security principal has on a resource. For example, an ACE may describe what permissions a user has on a file or folder.

ACL An access control list (ACL) defines what permissions security principals have on resources.

Alias Aliases apply human-friendly identifiers to more-complex and obscure entities. In FC SAN fabrics, aliases are used in zoning to apply human-friendly names to things like 64-bit hexadecimal WWPNs.

ALUA Asymmetric logical unit access (ALUA) is a form of load-balancing technology employed by many midrange storage arrays. ALUA allows all controllers on a storage array to be active, while any single LUN is active on only one controller. ...

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