Glossary of terms
third-party option3PO
application-specific integrated circuitASIC
boot from SANBFS
converged enhanced EthernetCEE
converged networkCN
converged network adapterCNA
Data Center BridgingDCB
device-specific moduleDSM
End of Row (switch)EoR
Fibre ChannelFC
Fibre Channel over EthernetFCoE
full-featuredFF
FCoE Initialization ProtocolFIP
Fabric Operating System (Brocade)FOS
Fabric Provided MAC AddressingFPMA
Gigabit EthernetGbE
host bus adapterHBA
Internetwork Operating System (Cisco)IOS
interswitch linkISL
link aggregation groupLAG
Link Layer Discovery ProtocolLLDP
Long Reach (optical)LR
network interface cardNIC
quality of serviceQoS
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRHEL
rack unitRU
storage area networkSAN
SAN Operating System (Cisco)SAN-OS
small form-factor pluggable, plus (transceiver)SFP+
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