This list defines abbreviations and acronyms in the Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems and in the Sun Management Center graphical user interface (GUI) for Sun Fire 15K/12K system-specific modules.
A
ABUS
address bus
AC
alternating current input from the power supply
ACL
Access Control List in the Sun Management Center GUI, is the same as
Available Component List in System Management Services (SMS)
AMX
address multiplexer ASIC
AR
address register ASIC
ASIC
application-specific integrated circuit
ASM
Advanced System Monitoring
ASR
Automatic System Recovery
AXQ
system address controller ASIC
C
C
Celsius
CBH
console bus hub
CLI
command-line interface
COD
Capacity on Demand option
CP
centerplane (Sun Fireplane interconnect)
CPU
central processing unit
CS or CSB
centerplane support board
D
DARB
data arbiter ASIC
DAT
digital audio tape
DBUS
data bus
DC
direct current from the facility power source
dca
Domain Configuration Administration
DCR
Domain Config Reader
Dcache
data cache
DDS
digital data storage
DIMM
dual inline memory module
DMX
data multiplexer ASIC
DNS
Domain Name Service
DR
Dynamic Reconfiguration
dsmd
Domain Service Monitoring Daemon
DX
data extract ASIC
x/dxs
Domain X Server, where x is domain a-r
E
Ecache
external cache
ECC
error-correcting code
efe
Event Front-end Daemon
esmd
Environmental Status Monitoring Daemon
EX or EXB
expander board
F
fomd
Failover Management Daemon
frad
FRU Access Daemon
FRU
field-replaceable unit
FT
fan tray
G
GUI
graphical user interface
H
HK
housekeeping
HPCI, hPCI, or hsPCI
hot-swap PCI assembly
HPCI+, hPCI+, or hsPCI+
hot-swap PCI plus assembly
HUP
hang-up signal
hwad
Hardware Access Daemon
I
Icache
instruction cache
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ID
identifier
IO
input/output board, such as MaxCPU board or hsPCI board
IOA
input/output adapter
IP
Internet Protocol
K
kmd
Key Management Daemon
M
mand
Management Network Daemon
MB
megabyte
MCPU
MaxCPU board
MHz
megahertz
MIB
management information base
mld
Message Logging Daemon
N
NIC
network interface card
NIS
Network Information Services
O
OBP
OpenBoot PROM
OID
object identifier
osd
OpenBoot PROM Support Daemon
P
Paroli
parallel optical link
pcd
Platform Configuration Daemon
PCI
peripheral component interconnect
PCR
Platform Config Reader
PDSM
Platform/Domain State Management
PFA
predictive failure analysis
POR
power-on reset
POST
power-on self-test
PROC
processor
PROM
programmable read-only memory
PS
power supply
R
RBUS
response bus
RIO
read input/output ASIC
RMX
response multiplexer ASIC
RSM
remote shared memory
RT
real-time process
S
SAN
storage area network
SB
system board, such as CPU board
SBBC
Sun Fire boot bus controller
SC
system controller
SCM
System Controller Monitoring
SCSI
small computer system interface
SDC
Sun Fire data controller ASIC
SDI
system data interface ASIC, which has six copies on the expander board
SDI0
system data interface master ASIC; master of five copies of the system data interface ASIC
SDI3
third of five copies of the system data interface ASIC
SDI5
fifth of six copies of the system data interface ASIC
SEEPROM
serially electrically erasable PROM
SIMM
single inline memory module
SMS
System Management Services
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SRS
Sun Remote Services
ssd
SMS Startup Daemon
SSM
scalable shared memory
SYS
system process
T
tmd
Task Manager Daemon
TNG
the next generation
TS
time-sharing process
U
UPA
UltraSPARC
port architecture
V
V
volts or voltage
VDC
volts direct current
W
WCI
Sun Fire Link interface ASIC
WcApp
Sun Fire Link and Sun Fire 15K/12K SMS interface daemon
WPCI
Sun Fire Link PCI
wrsm
Sun Fire Link Remote Shared Memory driver
wssm
Sun Fire Link Scalable Shared Memory driver
