Term | Description |
API | Application Programming Interface |
BNA | Brocade Network Advisor |
CA | Certificate Authority |
CIM | Common Information Model |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
DCNM | Cisco Data Center Network Manager |
DRS | Distributed Resource Scheduler |
FC | Fibre Channel |
FCoE | Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
FSDB | File System Database |
GB | Gigabyte |
HA | High Availability |
HBA | Host Bus Adapter |
HIS | Historical Inventory Service |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
IOPS | Input Output Operations Per Second |
iSCSI | Internet Small Computer Systems Interface |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
MB | Megabyte |
NA | Not Available |
NFS | Network File System |
NOC | Network Operations Center |
PEM | Privacy Enhanced Mail (SSL Certificate Format) |
RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
RC | Remote Collector |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
SAN | Subject Alternative Name (in the context of SSL certificates) |
SAN | Storage Area Network (in the context of shared storage) |
SDDC | Software Defined Data Center |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDN | Software Defined Networking |
SDS | Software Defined Storage |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SMART | Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology |
SMI-S | Storage Management Initiative Specification |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SP | Service Provider |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
UI | User Interface |
VMware vSphere® vApp™ | Virtual Appliance |
vCPU | Virtual Central Processing Unit |
VDC | Virtual Data Center |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VPC | Virtual Private Cloud |
WAN | Wide Area Network |