Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 814)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for Linux User Manual P010081-01A Rev. A
1. Introduction
Abbreviations
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MPI parallel message passing
MPIO multipath I/O
MSI message signaled interrupts
MSI-X message signaled interrupts - extended
MSS maximum segment size (parameter for TCP)
MTU maximum transmission unit
NAA network address authority
NAS network attached storage
NCSI Network Communication Services Interface
NPar NIC partitioning
NIC network interface card (or controller)
NPIV N_Port ID virtualization
NUMA non-uniform memory access
OCM OneCommand Manager
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PF PCIe physical function
PFC priority-based flow control
PID process ID
PLOGI port login
POST power-on self-test
QoS quality of service
RDS remote desktop service
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RPI remote port indicator
RPM resource package manager
RSCN registered state change notification
RSS receive-side scaling
SAN storage area network
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SDP Sockets Direct Protocol
SL Scientific Linux
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLI service level interface
SMI-S Storage Management Initiative specification
SMP symmetric multiprocessing