Glossary

BCD

Boot configuration database.

BIOS

Basic input/output system.

BootMGR

Boot manager. It is used to start the Windows operating system.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol.

GPT

GUID partition table.

GUID

Globally unique identifier.

HCA

Host channel adapter.

host

Host is the part of the server module that works with the CPU and other hardware to run the OS and other applications.

IB Stack

InfiniBand stack. InfiniBand is an I/O technology based on switched fabrics. It provides high bandwidth, low latency interconnect for attaching I/O devices to hosts and for host-to-host communication.

IP

Internet Protocol.

ISO

ISO image file format.

iSCSI

Internet small computer system interface.

LUN

Logical unit number.

MBR

Master boot record.

Option ROM

Option ROM contains a small footprint of the OVN drivers that is needed to bring up the vNIC's and vHBA's at remote boot time.

Oracle Fabric Interconnect

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

POST

Power-on self-test.

PXE

Preboot execution environment.

SAN

Storage area network.

SATA disk

Serial advanced technology attachment disk. This computer bus interface connects the host bus adapters to the hard disk.

server profile

Server profile is a virtual container that binds to a host. It contains virtual NIC's and virtual HBA's.

VHBA

Virtual host bus adapter.

VNIC

Virtual network interface controller.

VSS

Volume shadow copy service.

WAIK

Windows automated installation kit.

WDS server

Windows deployment services. WDS is a server technology used for installing Windows operating systems over a network.

WIM

Windows image management. WIM is used to create, distribute and install compressed disk image files for Windows servers.

WinPE

Windows preinstallation environment.

Windows Server Backup Utility

Windows server backup utility provides backup and recovery solutions for Windows servers.

WWPN

World wide port name.

XgOS

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