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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
FastLinQ 3400 and 8400 Series
FC
See
.
FCoE
www.fcoe.com
.
FCoE initialization protocol
See
.
Fibre Channel
A high-speed serial interface technology
that supports other higher layer protocols
such as
.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
See
.
file transfer protocol
See
FIP
FCoE initialization protocol. An integral
part of
. Its main goal is to discover
and initialize FCoE-capable entities
connected to an Ethernet cloud. FIP uses
a dedicated EtherType of 0x8914.
firmware
Low-level software typically loaded into
read-only memory and used to boot and
operate an intelligent device.
Flash
Non-volatile memory where the boot code
is saved. At times,
Flash
and
boot code
are used interchangeably.
frame
Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame
(SOF) delimiter, header, data payload,
CRC, and an end-of-frame (EOF) delim-
iter.
FTP
File transfer protocol. A standard network
protocol used to transfer files from one
host to another host over a TCP-based
network, such as the Internet. FTP is
required for out-of-band firmware uploads
that will complete faster than in-band
firmware uploads.
GbE
Gigabit Ethernet is a term describing
various technologies for transmitting
Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per
second, as defined by the IEEE
802.3-2008 standard.
gigabit Ethernet
.
graphical user interface
GUI
Graphical user interface. A user interface
that is based upon icons and visual
relationships rather than text.
HBA
host
One or more adapters governed by a
single memory or CPU complex.
Host Bus Adapter
An adapter that connects a host system
(the computer) to other network and
storage devices.
