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Table 1. Definitions Term Server Profile SFP/SFP+ Shared Uplink Set (SUS) Stacking Link Uplink UUID VC VC-Enet VC-FC VCM Virtual Connect Domain Virtual Connect Network (vNet) VCEM VLAN Trunk vPC vSwitch WWN XFP Definition classification, prioritization, queuing, marking, etc . An object within the Virtual Connect domain that is assigned to a server bay and contains the server's LAN and SAN connectivity settings (vNet assignments, managed MAC addresses & WWNs, server boot parameters, PXE configuration, and Fibre Channel boot parameters). Hot-pluggable transceiver that can provide either 1Gb (SFP) or 10Gb (SFP+) connectivity. The term used by Virtual Connect to configure one or more VC uplinks as a VLAN trunk connected to a switch employing IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking. A link that directly connects two VC Ethernet ports from different VC Ethernet modules to form a logical Layer 2 ring. An external faceplate port on an Interconnect Module (blade switch or Virtual Connect module) that directly connects to an external, upstream network device. Universally Unique Identifier: a 128 bit globally unique object identifier that is used by things like Operating Systems and applications to identify specific and individual computing devices (servers) Virtual Connect: Broad term used to reference all the Virtual Connect components as a whole - Ethernet & Fibre Channel modules and Virtual Connect Manager. A Virtual Connect Ethernet module. A Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module Virtual Connect Manager: The user interface, web or CLI, used to manage a Virtual Connect domain All VC Fibre Channel modules and all stacked VC-Enet modules within the same enclosure and under the control of the same Virtual Connect Manager A logical grouping of VC ports (downlinks or downlinks & uplinks) that comprise a single layer 2 network or broadcast domain. Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager: A separate software product that extends management to as many as 200 VC domains from a single console. A single physical port or a single port channel with VLAN tagging enabled. Used to provide connectivity to one or more VLANs over the same logical path. A PortChannel technology designed to replace and remove Spanning Tree as a loop management technology in largescale L2 Ethernet networks. Only available with the Cisco Nexus line of products. A hypervisor virtual switch. A software implementation of a layer 2 bridge as used by virtual server hypervisors. World Wide Name: Equivalent to a MAC address for a Fibre Channel device. Hot-pluggable modular 10 GbE port. Pluggable modules allow for electrical (CX-4 copper cable) or fiber optical 31