Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Part of the application layer in the Internet protocol suite.
Electromagnetic interference. The interference caused by the magnetic fields of electronic components.
Link aggregation enables several physical ports to be bundled into a single logical channel.
Little Connector fiber optic cable that connects the transceiver to the adapter. This LC connector is on a small form-factor pluggable transceiver. LC connectors have replaced SC connectors in corporate networking environments because of their smaller size.
Maximum transmission unit. The MTU (payload without the Ethernet header) affects how jumbo frames function.
Network Information Service. Originally known as Yellow Pages, NIS is a protocol for distributed system configuration data.
Preboot execution environment. Enables clients to boot over a network interface, independent of the OS or other devices.
Remote Direct Memory Access. Allows computers in a network to exchange data in main memory without involving the processor, cache, or OS of either computer.
The 25GbE SFP28 optical transceiver that both ports in the adapter use to transmit data.
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Manages the operations between hardware firmware and the OS during the boot time.