What is the primary function of all flow-control mechanisms?
Reduce the probability of or completely avoid receive buffer overruns.
What are the two categories of QoS algorithms?
Queue management and queue scheduling.
What is the name of the queue management algorithm historically associated with tail-drop?
FIFO.
Which specification defines traffic classes, class groupings, and class-priority mappings for Ethernet?
The IEEE 802.1D-2004 specification.
What is the name of the first algorithm used for AQM in IP networks?
Random Early Detection (RED).
What are the names of the two dominant QoS models used in IP networks today?
The Integrated Services Architecture (IntServ) and the Differentiated Services Architecture (DiffServ).
What is the name of the TCP state variable that controls the amount of data that may be transmitted?
The Congestion Window (CWND).
What is the primary flow-control mechanism employed by iSCSI?
The R2T PDU.
What are the names of the two QoS subfields currently available for use in FC-SANs?
Preference and Priority.
What is the primary flow-control mechanism employed by FCP?
The FCP_XFER_RDY IU.
Are FCIP devices required to map FC QoS mechanisms to IP QoS mechanisms?
No.