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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
FastLinQ 3400 and 8400 Series
Because a path is a combination of an
adapter and a target port, it is distinct from
another path if it is accessed through a
different adapter and/or it is accessing a
different target port. Consequently, when
switching from one path to another, the
driver might be selecting a different
adapter (initiator), a different target port, or
both.
This is important to the driver when
selecting the proper method of failover
notification. It can make a difference to the
target device, which might have to take
different actions when receiving retries of
the request from another initiator or on a
different port.
PCI
Peripheral component interface. A 32-bit
local bus specification introduced by Intel.
PCI Express (PCIe)
A third-generation I/O standard that allows
enhanced Ethernet network performance
beyond that of the older peripheral compo-
nent interconnect (PCI) and PCI extended
(PCI-x) desktop and server slots.
peripheral component interface
See
.
personality
When used in the context of an adapter,
the term
personality
refers to the entire
adapter. It includes all the I/O ports and the
functions on that adapter. For example, a
FastLinQ adapter can have dual person-
ality, converting from Fibre Channel to
Converged Network Adapter or vice versa.
Therefore, all the I/O functions and all the
I/O physical ports on the adapter changes
from Fibre Channel Adapter to Converged
Network Adapter.
ping
A computer network administration utility
used to test whether a specified host is
reachable across an IP network, and to
measure the round-trip time for packets
sent from the local host to a destination
computer.
PnPUtil
A Microsoft command line tool
(
PnPUtil.exe
)) used to do the following
on driver packages: add or delete a driver
package to/from the driver store, and list
the driver packages that are currently in
the driver store. Only driver packages that
are
not
in-box packages are listed (where
in-box driver package refers to ones that
are included in the default installation of
Windows or its service packs).
point-to-point
Also FC-P2P. Two Fibre Channel nodes
directly connected (not in a loop).
port
Access points in a device where a link
attaches. There are four types of ports, as
follows:
N_Port—a Fibre Channel port that
supports point-to-point topology.
NL_Port—a Fibre Channel port that
supports loop topology.
FL_Port—a port in a fabric where an
N_Port can attach.
FL_Port—a port in a fabric where an
NL_Port can attach.
