Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual
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1. Introduction
Abbreviations
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FDMI
Fabric-Device Management Interface
FIP
FCoE Initialization Protocol
GB
gigabyte
Gb
gigabit
Gb/s
gigabits per second
GUI
graphic user interface
HBA
host bus adapter
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IHV
independent hardware vendor
INTx
PCIe legacy interrupts, where “x” is variable
I/O
input/output
IOCTL
input/output control
IOPS
I/O operations per second
IP
internet protocol
IQN
iSCSI qualified name
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface
KB
1024 bytes (Kilobyte or Kibibyte)
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LDTO
link down timeout
LPFC
LightPulse Fibre Channel
LUN
logical unit number
MAC
media access control
MB
megabyte
Mb
megabit
Mb/s
megabits per second
MPIO
multipath I/O
MQ
MultiQueue
MSI
message signaled interrupts
MSI-X
message signaled interrupts - extended
MTU
maximum transmission unit
NIC
network interface card (or controller)
NPar
NIC partitioning
NPIV
N_Port ID virtualization
OCM
OneCommand™ Manager application
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PF
physical function