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M
MAC Media access address
MIB Management information base
mpx110 Serves as the FCIP data transport that transfers data to and from the local and remote storage
systems.
MTU Maximum transmission unit
MWS Minimum window size
N
NTP Network Time Protocol
P
PDU Power distribution unit
POST Power-on self-test
Q
QoS Quality of service. A traffic management feature.
R
RCS Remote copy set
RPC Remote procedure call
RTT Round-trip time
S
SAN Storage area network. An intelligent infrastructure that connects heterogeneous servers with
shared, heterogeneous storage systems.
SCSI small computer system interface
A parallel interface standard used to attach peripheral devices to computers.
switch An IP network communications device that routes packets (messages or fragments of messages)
between nodes across virtual circuits.
T
target An iSCSI device that executes a command from an iSCSI initiator to perform some task.
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
teaming The concept of multiple network adapters working together as a single network adapter.
See also virtual network adapter.
TOE TCP Offload Engine
Hardware that replaces a NIC and shifts TCP packet processing tasks from the server CPU to
specialized TCP processors on the network adapter or storage device.
V
virtual network
adapter
Multiple network adapters working together as a single network adapter; also referred to as
teaming.
VLAN virtual local area network
A network of computers that behave as if they are connected to the same wire, even though they
may be physically located on different segments of a LAN.
VP Virtual port
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