82598EB Datasheet, PDF (13/596 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Datasheet

Intel^® 82598EB 10 GbE Controller - Terminology and Acronyms
Acronym
MDIO
NA
NACK
NC-SI
NIC
OS
PCS
PEC
PET
PHY
PMA
PMD
PSA
PT
RMCP
RSP
SA
SerDes
SFD
SMBus
SNMP
SW
TBD
TCO
Description
Management Data Input/Output Interface.
Not Applicable.
Not Acknowledged.
Network Controller Sideband Interface.
Network Interface Card. Generic name for a Ethernet controller that resides on a Printed
Circuit Board (PCB).
Operating System. Usually designates the PC system’s software.
Physical Coding Sub-Layer.
The SMBus checksum signature, sent at the end of an SMBus packet. An SMBus device can
be configured either to require or not require this signature.
Platform Event Trap.
Physical Layer Device.
Physical Medium Attachment.
Physical Medium Dependent.
SMBus Persistent Slave Address device. In the SMBus 2.0 specification, this designates an
SMBus device whose address is stored in non-volatile memory.
Pass Through. Also known as TCO mode.
Remote Management and Control Protocol.
RMCP Security Extensions Protocol.
Security Association.
Serializer And Deserializer Circuit.
Start Frame Delimiter.
System Management Bus.
Simple Network Management Protocol.
Software.
To Be Defined.
Total Cost of Ownership.
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