Glossary

BIOS

Basic input/output system.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

ESXi

Elastic Sky X integrated.

HCA

Host channel adapter.

initrd

Initial RAM disk.

initramfs

Initial RAM file system.

iSCSI

Internet small computer system interface.

IQN

iSCSI qualified name.

LID

Local identifier. It is used by the subnet manager to identify devices. LIDs are unique with the subnet domain.

LUN

Logical unit number.

Oracle Fabric Interconnect

The Oracle Virtual Networking directors that connect the InfiniBand to the hosts and virtualize their I/O.

Option ROM

Option ROM contains a small footprint of the Oracle Virtual Networking drivers that is needed to bring up the vNICs and vHBAs at remote boot time.

PowerCLI

It is a command-line tool that helps automate all aspects of vSphere management.

PowerShell

It is a task automation and configuration management framework.

Server profile

Server profile is a virtual container that binds to a host. It contains virtual NICs and virtual HBAs.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol.

USB

Universal serial bus.

VHBA

Virtual host bus adapter.

VIB

vSphere installation bundle.

VNIC

Virtual network interface controller.

VMFS

Virtual machine file system.

XgOS

XgOS is the operating system that works on the Oracle Fabric Interconnect.