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Acronyms
More Acronyms | PDFAcronym Long version ACE Assured Computing Environment ADAM Active Directory Application Mode API Application Programming Interface BMC Baseboard Management Controller CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CIM Common Information Model CLI Command Line Interface DPM Distributed Power Management DRS Distributed Resource Scheduler DVFS Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling eui Extended unique Identifier EVC Enhanced vMotion Compatibility FC Fibre Channel FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet FT Fault Tolerance GUID Globally Unique Identifier HA High Availability HBA Host Bus Adapter HEC Hardware Execution Context I/O Input/Output iLo Integrated Lights Out IPMI Intelligent Power Management Interface IQN iSCSI Qualified Name JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks LUN Logical Unit Number MPP Multi Pathing Plugin MRU Most Recently Used MSCS Microsoft Cluster Service MTU Maximum Transmission Unit NAA Network Address Authority -

Acronyms
First Page | PDFNFC Network File Copier NMP Native Multipathing Plugin NTP Network Time Protocol NVRAM Non Volitile Random Access Memory NX no Execute ODBC Open Data Base Connector OVF Open Virtualization (Virtual Machine) Format PSA Pluggable Storage Architecture PSP Path Selection Plugin PVLAN Private Virtual Local Area Network RDM Raw Device Mapping RFC Request for Comments RR Round Robin RX Receive SATP Storage Array Type Plugin SDK Software Development Kit SID Security Identifier SMASH Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing (Processor) SP Storage Processor TX Transmit VA Virtual Appliance VCB VMware Consolidated Backup VCI VMware Certified Instructor vCLI vSphere Command Line Interface VCMSDS need entry here but it is used by vCenter to connect to LDAP VCP VMware Certified Professional VCPU Virtual CPU VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VM Virtual Machine vMA vSphere Management Assistant VMDK Virtual Machine Disk VMFS VMware Virtual Machine File System VMI Virtual Machine Interface VMM Virtual Machine Monitor WMI Windows Management Instrumentation WOL Wake on LAN WWN World Wide Name XD Execute Disable
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