Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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Boot for the Fibre Channel Protocol 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