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User’s Guide QConvergeConsole CLI
2400, 2500, 3200, 8100, 8200 Series
Glossary-2 SN0054667-00 C
eSwitch
The eSwitch (embedded switch) function-
ality provides a basic Layer-2 switch for
Ethernet frames. Each physical port has
one instance of an eSwitch, which
supports all NIC partitions on that physical
port.
ETS
See Enhanced Transition Services.
FC
See Fibre Channel.
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet. A new
technology defined by the T11 standards
body that allows traditional Fibre Channel
storage networking traffic to travel over an
Ethernet link by encapsulating Fibre
Channel frames inside Layer 2 Ethernet
frames. For more information, visit
www.fcoe.com
.
Fibre Channel
A high-speed serial interface technology
that supports other higher layer protocols
such as SCSI and IP.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
See FCoE.
Internet Protocol
See IP.
Internet small computer system interface
See iSCSI.
IP
Internet Protocol. A method by which data
are sent from one computer to another
over the Internet. IP specifies the format of
packets, also called datagrams, and the
addressing scheme.
iSCSI
Internet small computer system interface.
Protocol that encapsulates data into IP
packets to send over Ethernet connec-
tions.
management workstation
PC workstation used to manage routers
remotely by connecting to the routers
using the QConvergeConsole CLI or CLI
commands.
NIC
Network interface card. Computer card
installed to enable a dedicated network
connection.
NIC partitioning
The NIC partitioning feature in QLogic
adapters allows you to partition a single
10GbE NIC port into up to four individual
partitions with user-configurable bandwidth
and interface type (personality). The parti-
tioning options are not limited to NIC as
the name NPAR indicates; it extends to
converged fabric partitioning by enabling
you to assign iSCSI or FCoE protocols to
certain partitions.
NPAR
See NIC partitioning.
path
A path to a device is a combination of a
adapter port instance and a target port as
distinct from internal paths in the fabric
network. A fabric network appears to the
operating system as an opaque network
between the adapter (initiator) and the
target.