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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
FastLinQ 3400 and 8400 Series
MIB
Management information base. A set of
guidelines and definitions for
functions.
MSI, MSI-X
Message signaled interrupts. One of two
PCI-defined extensions to support
message signaled interrupts (MSIs), in
PCI 2.2 and later and PCI Express. MSIs
are an alternative way of generating an
interrupt through special messages that
allow emulation of a pin assertion or
deassertion.
MSI-X (defined in PCI 3.0) allows a device
to allocate any number of interrupts
between 1 and 2,048 and gives each inter-
rupt separate data and address registers.
Optional features in MSI (64-bit
addressing and interrupt masking) are
mandatory with MSI-X.
MTU
Maximum transmission unit. Refers to the
size (in bytes) of the largest packet (IP
datagram) that a specified layer of a
communications protocol can transfer.
multiboot
The act of installing multiple operating
systems on a computer, and being able to
choose which one to boot when starting
the computer. Multibooting may require a
custom boot loader.
multicast
Simultaneous transmission of messages
to multiple
s connected to a
N_Port
Node port. A port that connects by a
link to either a single N_Port
or a single F_Port. N_Ports handle
creation, detection, and flow of message
units to and from the connected systems.
N_Ports are end ports in virtual
point-to-point links through a fabric, for
example, N_Port to F_Port to F_Port to
N_Port using a single Fibre Channel fabric
switch.
N_Port ID virtualization
network file system
.
network interface card
NFS
Network file system. A client-server appli-
cation that allows all network users to
access shared files stored on computers of
different types.
NIC
Network interface card. Computer card
installed to enable a dedicated network
connection.
NIC partitioning
