Brocade Communications Systems BR-1010 Administrator's Manual page 220

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Glossary and acronyms
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CDM
CEE
CIM
CIMOM
Class of service
Class-1
Class-2
Class-F service
Class-N service
CNA
Connection initiator
Connection recipient
Credit
DCB
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A fabric inter-element port used to connect bridge devices with E_Ports.
A group of eight data bits.
Common Diagnostic Model.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet.
Common Information Model.
Common Information Model Object Manager.
A frame delivery scheme exhibiting a specified set of delivery characteristics
and attributes.
A class of service providing a dedicated connection between two ports with
confirmed delivery or notification of non-deliverability.
A class of service providing a frame-switching service between two ports with
confirmed delivery or notification of non-deliverability.
A connectionless, frame-multiplexed service used between Fibre Channel
E_Ports and B_Ports for coordination of the internal behavior of the fabric.
A generic reference to any class of service other than Class-F.
Converged Network Adapter.
The node port that initiates a Class-1 dedicated connection and receives a
valid response.
The node port that receives a Class-1 dedicated connection request and
transmits a valid response.
Permission given by a receiving port to a sending port to send a specified
number of frames.
Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide
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