VXLAN
R
ROM Read-only memory.
RPM RPM Package Manager.
RX Response. The automatic response mechanism used by Ethernet PAUSE frames.
S
SRC Source code. The SRC RPM is used in Linux to build the driver kernel files.
T
TCP Transmission Control Protocol. Part of the transport layer of the Internet protocol suite.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol. In this guide, TCP/IP refers to the TCP/IP
model, which is a framework for the IP suite.
TX Generation. The automatic generation mechanism used by the Ethernet PAUSE frames.
U
UDP User Datagram Protocol. Part of the transport layer of the Internet protocol suite.
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Manages the operations between hardware firmware
and the OS during the boot time.
V
VID VLAN identifier. A 12-bit identifier in an Ethernet header.
VLAN Virtual LAN. Splits the physical LAN into logical subparts. Multiple VLANs are supported on
a single port, enabling a server with a single adapter to have a logical presence on multiple IP
subnets.
VXLAN Virtual eXtensive LAN. A tunneling mechanism for providing isolated virtual Layer 2 (L2)
segments that can span multiple physical L2 segments.
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