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SN0054671-00 B Glossary-5
User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter
8200 and 3200 Series Adapters
target
The storage-device endpoint of a SCSI
session. Initiators request data from
targets (usually disk-drives, tape-drives, or
other media devices). Typically, a SCSI
peripheral device is the target but an
adapter may, in some cases, be a target. A
target can contain many LUNs.
A target is a device that responds to a
request by an initiator (the host system).
Peripherals are targets, but for some
commands (for example, a SCSI COPY
command), the peripheral may act as an
initiator.
transmission control protocol/Internet
protocol (TCP/IP)
Basic communication language of the
Internet.
UEFI
A specification detailing an interface that
helps hand off control of the system for the
pre-boot environment (that is, after the
system is powered on, but before the
operating system starts) to an operating
system, such as Windows or Linux. UEFI
provides a clean interface between
operating systems and platform firmware
at boot time, and supports an architec-
ture-independent mechanism for initial-
izing add-in cards.
worldwide port name (WWPN)
Unique 64-bit address assigned to each
port on a device. One WWNN may contain
multiple WWPN addresses.