A system for naming computers and network services that is organized into a hierarchy of domains. DNS services resolve IP addresses to host names for proper network routing.
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
The complete domain name for a specific computer, or host, on the internet. The FQDN consists of two parts: the host name and the domain name. For example, rd-mc1-qalab.oracle.com.
Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) is a Microsoft-provided framework that allows storage providers to develop multipath solutions that contain the hardware-specific information needed to optimize connectivity with their storage arrays.
Network Interface Card (NIC) Teaming
The process of combining multiple network cards together for performance and redundancy reasons. Microsoft refers to this as NIC Teaming, however other vendors may refer to this as bonding, balancing, or aggregation. The process is the same regardless of which solution is used or what it is called.
An organizational unit (OU) is a subdivision within an Active Directory into which you can place users, groups, computers, and other organizational units. You can create organizational units to mirror your organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If your organization contains several domains, you can create organizational unit structures in each domain that are independent of the structures in the other domains.