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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
FastLinQ 3400 and 8400 Series
DCBX
Data center bridging exchange. A protocol
used by
devices to exchange config-
uration information with directly connected
peers. The protocol may also be used for
misconfiguration detection and for configu-
ration of the peer.
device
A computer subsystem, such as an
adapter card, that mediates data in a
computer network. The term device is
used interchangeably with
target
and
target device
.
DHCP
Dynamic host configuration protocol.
Enables computers on an IP network to
extract their configuration from servers
that have information about the computer
only after it is requested.
driver
The software that interfaces between the
file system and a physical data storage
device or network media.
dynamic host configuration protocol
See
end user license agreement
See
Enhanced Ethernet
Also called
data center Ethernet
or
converged enhanced Ethernet
. Refers to
new enhancements to the existing
standard that eliminate Ethernet’s
inherent lossy nature and make 10Gb
Ethernet a viable storage networking
transport.
enhanced transmission selection
See
Ethernet
The most widely used LAN technology that
transmits information between computer,
typically at speeds of 10 and 100 million
bits per second (Mbps).
ETS
Enhanced transmission selection. A
standard that specifies the enhancement
of transmission selection to support the
allocation of bandwidth among traffic
classes. When the offered load in a traffic
class does not use its allocated bandwidth,
enhanced transmission selection allows
other traffic classes to use the available
bandwidth. The bandwidth-allocation prior-
ities coexist with strict priorities. ETS
includes managed objects to support
bandwidth allocation. For more informa-
tion, refer to:
http://ieee802.org/1/pages/802.1az.html
EUI
Extended unique identifier. Part of the
numbering spaces, managed by the IEEE,
commonly used for formulating a MAC
address.
EULA
End user license agreement. A legal
contract between a software application
author or publisher and the purchaser,
establishing the purchaser's right to use
the software.
extended unique identifier
fabric
A fabric consists of cross-connected Fibre
Channel devices and switches.
failover
Automatic substitution of another system
component when one fails.
