Throughout this publication, certain equipment terms and short
versions of product names are used to make the information more easily
understood. These are:
- card
- As used on the HMC panels, refers to an OSA feature.
- CHPID
- Channel path identifier.
- GbE
- Gigabit Ethernet.
- OSA
- Open Systems Adapter. This document may refer to OSA-Express4S
or OSA-Express5S as OSA.
- OSA/SF
- Opens Systems Adapter/Support Facility.
- OSD
- The CHPID type for OSA-Express features that run under Queued
Direct Input/Output architecture (QDIO).
- OSE
- The CHPID type for OSA-Express features that do not use QDIO architecture
(typically SNA/APPN/HPR applications).
- OSN
- The CHPID type for OSA-Express features that use QDIO architecture
and channel data link control (CDLC) protocol.
- HMC
- Hardware Management Console.