Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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1. Introduction

Abbreviations

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NIV

Network Interface Virtualization

NLB

network loopback

NPIV

N_Port ID virtualization

NVRAM

non-volatile random-access memory

OCM

OneCommand Manager

OEM

original equipment manufacturer

OS

operating system

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCIe

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

PDU

protocol data unit

PF

physical function

PLOGI

port login

POST

power on self test

PXE

Preboot eXecution Environment

RAID

redundant array of independent disks

RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

RIS

Remote Installation Services

ROM

read-only memory

RPM

resource package manager

RSS

receive side scaling

SAN

storage area network

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

SLES

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

SLI

Service Level Interface

SNP

Simple Network Protocol

SR-IOV

single root I/O virtualization

SVID

service VLAN ID

TB

terabyte

TCP

transmission control protocol

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

UCNA

universal converged network adapter

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UFP

Unified Fabric Protocol

UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

UNDI

Universal Network Device Interface

USB

Universal Serial Bus

VF

virtual function

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