HP Installation Guide, HP PCIe 2 port (AT111A/CN1100E) FlexFabric Adapter, Edition 2

Acronyms and abbreviations
This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide and is not a comprehensive
glossary of computer terms.
C
CN Converged Network.
CNA Converged Network Adapter.
E
ESD Electrostatic discharge.
F
FC Fibre Channel. A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication among servers,
storage systems, and peripheral devices.
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet protocol.
Fibre Channel A serial data transport infrastructure and protocol used to implement SANs. See also http://
www.fibrechannel.org/ and http://www.t11.org/.
L
LC Lucent connector. An industry-standard connector for fiber optic cable connections.
S
SFP Small form-factor pluggable transceiver.
W
WWN World Wide Name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device.
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