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Glossary and acronyms
D
A fabric inter-element port used to connect bridge devices with E_Ports.
Byte
A group of eight data bits.
CDM
Common Diagnostic Model.
CEE
Converged Enhanced Ethernet.
CIM
Common Information Model.
CIMOM
Common Information Model Object Manager.
Class of service
A frame delivery scheme exhibiting a specified set of delivery characteristics
and attributes.
Class-1
A class of service providing a dedicated connection between two ports with
confirmed delivery or notification of non-deliverability.
Class-2
A class of service providing a frame-switching service between two ports with
confirmed delivery or notification of non-deliverability.
Class-F service
A connectionless, frame-multiplexed service used between Fibre Channel
E_Ports and B_Ports for coordination of the internal behavior of the fabric.
Class-N service
A generic reference to any class of service other than Class-F.
CNA
Converged Network Adapter.
Connection initiator
The node port that initiates a Class-1 dedicated connection and receives a
valid response.
Connection recipient
The node port that receives a Class-1 dedicated connection request and
transmits a valid response.
Credit
Permission given by a receiving port to a sending port to send a specified
number of frames.
DCB