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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
FastLinQ 3400 and 8400 Series
UEFI
Unified extensible firmware interface. A
specification detailing an interface that
helps hand off control of the system for the
pre-boot environment (that is, after the
system is powered on, but before the
operating system starts) to an operating
system, such as Windows or Linux. UEFI
provides a clean interface between
operating systems and platform firmware
at boot time, and supports an architec-
ture-independent mechanism for initial-
izing add-in cards.
unified extensible firmware interface
See
.
user datagram protocol
See
virtual logical area network
See
virtual machine
See
VLAN
Virtual logical area network (LAN). A group
of hosts with a common set of require-
ments that communicate as if they were
attached to the same wire, regardless of
their physical location. Although a VLAN
has the same attributes as a physical LAN,
it allows for end stations to be grouped
together even if they are not located on the
same LAN segment. VLANs enable
network reconfiguration through software,
instead of physically relocating devices.
VM
Virtual machine. A software implementa-
tion of a machine (computer) that executes
programs like a real machine.
wake on LAN
Windows Management Instrumentation
.
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation.
The Microsoft implementation of
Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM), which is an industry initiative to
develop a standard technology for
accessing management information in an
enterprise environment.
WMI uses the Common Information Model
(CIM) industry standard to represent
systems, applications, networks, devices,
and other managed components. CIM is
developed and maintained by the Distrib-
uted Management Task Force (DMTF).
WoL
Wake on LAN. An Ethernet computer
networking standard that allows a
computer to be remotely switched on or
awakened by a network message sent
usually by a simple program executed on
another computer on the network.
world wide node name
.
world wide port name
.
WWNN
World wide node name. A unique 64-bit
address assigned to a device.
WWPN
World wide port name. A unique 64-bit
address assigned to each port on a
device. One WWNN may contain multiple
WWPN addresses.
