Glossary

This glossary defines abbreviations in the Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Administration Guide.

Numbers

10BASE-T

10 megabits

10/100BASE-T

100 megabits

A

alternating current

ALOM

Advanced Lights Out Manager

API

application programming interface

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Exchange

C

CLI

command-line interface

CPU

central processing unit

CSN

Chassis Serial Number

D

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

domain name service

DSA

Digital Signature Algorithm, digital authentication standard of the U.S. government

F

FRU

field-replaceable unit

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

G

gigabit

I

identifier

IDPROM

host ID PROM

ioctl(2)

input/output control device

Internet Protocol

K

kilobyte

L

LED

light-emitting diode

M

MAC

Media Access Control, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network

megabit

megabyte

N

NET MGT

network management (Ethernet) port

NIS

network information service

NVRAM

non-volatile random-access memory, non-volatile storage in the system controller

P

PCI

peripheral component interconnect

PROM

programmable read-only memory

R

RAM

random-access memory

RSA

Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman, the inventors of the RSA public-key cryptosystem.

S

system controller

SCC

system configuration card

scp(1)

secure copy command

SEEPROM

serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory

sftp(1)

secure file transfer program

SER MGT

serial management port

SERIAL MGT

serial management port

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Solaris OS

Solaris Operating System

SSH

Solaris Secure Shell

ssh(1)

OpenSSH secure shell client command (remote login program)

T

Telnet

Virtual terminal protocol that enables users of one host to log in to a remote host

telnet(1)

User interface to a remote system using the Telnet protocol

U

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

V

vpp

versatile preprocessor (Perl)

W

web page write function

X

XIR

externally initiated reset