Instruction Manual

Switch An IP network communications device that routes packets (messages or fragments
of messages) between nodes across virtual circuits.
teaming The concept of multiple network adapters working together as a single network
adapter.
target An iSCSI device that executes a command from an iSCSI Initiator to perform
some task.
TOE TCP Offload Engine
A piece of hardware that replaces a NIC and shifts TCP packet processing tasks
from the server CPU to specialized TCP processors on the network adapter or
storage device.
VLAN virtual local area network.
A network of computers that behave as if they are connected to the same wire
even though they may actually be physically located on different segments of a
LAN.
virtual network
adapter
The concept of multiple network adapters working together as a single network
adapter, also referred to as teaming.
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