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AC alternating current
AMD Advanced Micro Devices™
API application programming interface
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASP active server page
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
BG bridge group
BIOS basic input output system
BMC baseboard management controller
BTH base transport header
CCIP Cisco Certified Internetwork
Professional
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCO Cisco Connection Online
CD compact disk
CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
CLI command-line interface
CPU central processing unit
CRC cyclic redundancy check
DAPL Direct Access Programming Layer
DC domain controller
DDR Double Data Rate
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration
Protoco
DIMM dual inline memory module
DMA direct memory access
ECC error checking and correcting
ESM Ethernet switch modules
ETSI European Telecommunications
Standard Industry
FC Fibre Channel
FCP Fibre Channel Protocol
GB gigabyte
GMP General Service Management
Packets
GRH global route header
GSA General Service Agents
GSI General Services Interface
GSM General Service Manager
GUI graphical user interface
GUID Globally Unique ID
Abbreviations and acronyms
HA high availability
HBA host bus adapter
HCA host channel adapter
HDD hard disk drive
HPC high performance computing
HSFF high-speed form factor
I/O input/output
IB InfiniBand
IBM International Business Machines
Corporation
ICRC invariant cyclic redundancy check
ID identifier
IEEE Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
IOC IO controllers
IOS Internetwork Operating System
IP Internet Protocol
IPTV Internet Protocol Television
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
IT information technology
ITL initiator, target, LUN
ITSO International Technical Support
Organization
JVM Java Virtual Machine
KB kilobyte
KVM keyboard video mouse
LAN local area network
LED light emitting diode
LID Local ID
LRH Local Route Header
LUN logical unit number
MAC media access control
MB megabyte
MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer
MCSE Microsoft® Certified Systems
Engineer
MDI medium dependent interface
MFIO Multifabric I/O)
MPI Message Passing Interface
MPICH Message Passing Interface
Chameleon