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Common Technology Terms - What does that mean?
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Common Abbreviations
AoE - ATA over Ethernet (SATA)
eSATA - External Serial ATA Disk Enclosure
FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
iSCSI - Internet (based) Small Computer System Interface
NIC - Network Interface Controller
NAS - Network Attached Storage
OSN - Open Storage Networking
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PoE - Power over Ethernet
SAN - Serial Attached Network
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
VOIP - Voice over IP
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NIC Cards are used to connect and control a device access to a network or internet by cable or wireless technology. Each NIC has a chip with a unique MAC address for identification and can connect via one of four methods, fast ethernet, gigabit ethernet , optical fiber or token ring. NICs are also integrated into motherboards directly.
PCI Cards are used to attach peripheral devices to a computer motherboard, and include: network cards, sound cards, video cards, modems, USB, SCSI or serial adapters, TV tuners and disk controllers. PCI buses are also be integrated into motherboards directly.
HBA Cards - HBA means host bus adapter, but is also called host controller or host adapter, and basically it just connects a host system (pc) to other storage and network devices. Terms used to define how the devices are connected are: SCSI, Fibre Channel, eSATA, iSCSI and also can include devices used to connect to IDE, Ethernet, FireWire, USB, etc. iSCSI is newer, more intense technology and has added Ethernet HBAs to the mix, which is different from Ethernet NICs in that they include hardware (iSCSI-dedicated TCP Offload Engines).
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Networking Connections
Ethernet -
FC - Fibre Channel
FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
iSCSI - is an (IP)-based storage networking connection for faster linking between data storage facilities
HyperSCSI - Network protocal for sending/receiving SCSI commands
NAS - a network connection allowing files and directories to be available to multiple users
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
SAN - networking protocal that allows the physical hard drive to be removed from the server(s) that use it, and placed on the network for easier access by users (NAS). When using a SAN network interface to access data storage, there are two main advantages to using SAN over a local disk: unlimited storage capacity and shared data capabilities.
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI Click Here for more information
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
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