Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1164)

OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter Version 10.2 User Manual P010089-01A Rev. A
1. Introduction
Abbreviations
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Abbreviations
BIOS basic input-output system
BOFM IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
CDB command descriptor block
CFA converged fabric adapter
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIM Common Interface Model
CIN Cisco, Intel, Nuova (data center bridging exchange)
CLI command line interface
CLP command line protocol
CM channel management
CNA Converged network adapter
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CSV comma-separated values
D_Port Diagnostic port. Also referred to as ClearLink.
DAC direct-attach copper
DCB data center bridging
DCBX data center bridging exchange
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMA direct memory access
EC engineering change level
ETO extended time out
FC Fibre Channel
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet
FIP FCoE Initialization Protocol
FPMA fabric-provided MAC address
FW firmware
GUI graphical user interface
HW hardware
HBA host bus adapter
iBFT iSCSI boot firmware table
IEEE Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
I/O input/output
IP internet protocol
IPL initial program load
IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4