Qlogic 8200 Series, User Manual

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SN0054671-00 A Glossary-5
User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter
8200 and 3200 Series Adapters
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.