Glossary

A

adapter

Oracle Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Adapter M4 from Oracle.

B

BDF

Bus: Device: Function. Used to succinctly describe PCI and PCIe devices.

D

DDR

Double data rate.

DMA

Direct memory access.

E

EMI

Electromagnetic interference. The interference caused by the magnetic fields of electronic components.

G

Gb

Gigabyte.

GbE

Gigabit Ethernet.

Gbps

Gigabits per second.

GT

Gigabit-transfer.

GTps

Gigatransfers per second.

GUID

Globally Unique Identifier.

H

HCA

Host channel adapter. A server card that provides a node for IB network connection.

I

IB

InfiniBand.

IPoIB

Internet Protocol over IB.

L

LAN

Local area network. Two or more devices connected to each other either physically or logically.

LFM

Linear feet per minute.

M

MAC

Media access control. Enables the use of a unique address for each device on a network.

N

NIC

Network interface card.

P

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect.

PCIe

PCI Express.

Q

QDR

Quad Data Rate, 10.0 Gb/s line rate.

QSFP+

Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Plus. Extended bandwidth four-channel electrical connection system.

S

SDR

Single data rate.

SPI

Serial peripheral interface. A type of flash memory.

T

TX

Generation. The automatic generation mechanism used by the Ethernet PAUSE frames.

V

VID

VLAN identifier. A 12-bit identifier in an Ethernet header.

vNIC

Virtualized network interface card.