Q-Logic 8200 User Manual

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User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter

8200 and 3200 Series Adapters

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.

Basic communication language of the 
Internet.

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.

Unique 64-bit address assigned to each 
port on a device. One WWNN may contain 
multiple WWPN addresses.