Glossary

C

CLI

The Oracle Fabric OS CLI. (This CLI is separate from the Oracle Fabric Manager CLI.)

E

EDR

Extended Data Rate. A throughput of InfiniBand (IB) technology, typically 100Gbps. See alsoIB.

F

fabric

Oracle’s EDR InfiniBand fabric. A 100-Gb converged fabric for network, storage, and interprocess communication.

G

GB

Abbreviation of Gigabyte.

GbE

Abbreviation of GigabitEthernet.

Gbit/sec

Abbreviation of Gigabits per second.

GUI

Graphical user interface. The recommended interface for Oracle Fabric Manager 5.0.1.

H

HBA

Host bus adaptor. A Fibre Channel NIC used in a SAN fabric. HBAs are replacing SCSI HBAs.

HCA

Host channel adapter. An InfiniBand NIC used in an InfiniBand network. Provides high-speed connectivity and virtual interfaces, based on the IB interface. An HCA can have one or two ports.

I

IB

InfiniBand. A high bandwidth messaging technology used for very high performance computing.

ILOM

SeeOracle ILOM.

I/O

Input/output. In computer architecture, the combination of the CPU and main memory (that is, memory that the CPU can read and write to directly, with individual instructions) is considered the "heart" of a computer. Any movement of information to or from that complex, for example to or from a disk drive, is considered I/O.

I/O module

A user-replaceable physical interface component for the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12 andOracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-254.

I/O port

A single port on an Ethernet module, an HBA module, or one of the 38 IB server ports.

L

LID

Local identifier for the HCA or local identifier number that the IB path uses.

LR transceiver

A transceiver used for long range Fibre Channel communication.

M

module

A user-replaceable component for a switch chassis. Typically externally accessible. See also I/O module.

N

NIC

Network interface card.

O

Oracle EDR InfiniBand Fabric

The fabric used to build and manage an Oracle cloud network infrastructure.

Oracle Fabric Manager

Oracle Fabric Manager is a GUI that enables you to configure and manage Oracle fabricdevices and the virtual network and storage resources associated with the fabric devices.

Oracle Fabric OS

The Oracle Fabric OS 1.0.2 runs on the Oracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-46 (leaf switch) and the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12 (virtualization switch). The Oracle Fabric OS manages the switches, the Oracle EDR InfiniBand Fabric devices, and virtual network and storage resources.

Oracle ILOM

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) is the service processor embedded on all Oracle's SPARC Enterprise T-series and Sun Fire x86 servers, including all rack mounts and blades. Oracle ILOM enables full out-of-band management, providing a remote management capability.

V

virtualization switch

Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12 Switch. This virtualization switch supports several I/O modules that provide FC and Ethernet connectivity.