16–Using Cavium Teaming Services
Executive Summary
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Supported Features by Team Type
Glossary of Teaming Terms
Table 16-1. Teaming Terminology
Item
Definition
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
QCC
QConvergeConsole
QLASP
QLogic Advanced Server Program (intermediate NIC
teaming driver)
DNS
Domain Name Service
G-ARP
Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol
Generic Trunking
(FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft
Static
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of
team in which the intermediate driver manages outgo-
ing traffic and the switch manages incoming traffic.
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
IPv6
Version 6 of the IP Protocol
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
L2
Layer 2. Used to describe network traffic that is not off-
loaded, and where hardware only performs Layer 2
operations on the traffic. Layer 3 (IP) and Layer 4 (TCP)
protocols are processed in software.
L4
Layer 4. Used to describe network traffic that is heavily
offloaded to the hardware, where much of the Layer 3
(IP) and Layer 4 (TCP) processing is done in the hard-
ware to improve performance.
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of
team with LACP in which the intermediate driver man-
ages outgoing traffic and the switch manages incoming
traffic.
