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Glossary
Table 4 - Glossary
Term
AAA
ARP
BOARD_MONITOR
CA (Channel Adapter)
CLI
DCB
DCBX
DHCP
Director Class Switch
DMA (Direct Memory Access)
DNS
Edge Switch
ETS
Fabric Management
FTP
Gateway
GID (Global IDentifier)
GUID (Globally Unique IDenti-
fier)
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting:
• Authentication - verifies user credentials (username and password)
• Authorization - grants or refuses privileges to a user/client for accessing specific
services
• Accounting - tracks network resources consumption by users
Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol that translates IP addresses into
MAC addresses for communication over a local area network (LAN).
Board temperature sensor for the selected Leaf or Spine module.
A device which terminates an Infiniband link, and executes transport level
functions.
Command Line Interface. A user interface in which you type commands at the
prompt.
Data Center Bridging.
DCBX protocol is an extension of the Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP). DCBX end points exchange request and acknowledgment messages.
For flexibility, parameters are coded in a type-length-value (TLV) format.
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an automatic configura-
tion protocol used on IP networks.
A high density InfiniBand chassis switch system.
Allowing Hardware to move data blocks directly to the memory, bypassing
the CPU.
Domain Name System. A hierarchical naming system for devices in a com-
puter network.
A switch system with a 1RU form factor.
ETS provides a common management framework for assignment of band-
width to traffic classes.
The use of a set of tools (APIs) to configure, discover, and manage and a
group of devices organized as a connected fabric.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer
files from one host to another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.
A network node that interfaces with another network using a different network
protocol.
A 128-bit number used to identify a Port on a network adapter (see below), a
port on a Router, or a Multicast Group.
A 64-bit number that uniquely identifies a device or component in a subnet.
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