Glossary

This list defines abbreviations and acronyms in this document and in the Sun Management Center console for Sun Fire high-end system-specific modules.

A

ABUS

address bus

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

address register ASIC

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

ASM

Advanced System Monitoring

ASR

Automatic System Recovery

AXQ

system address controller ASIC

C

Celsius

CBH

console bus hub

CLI

command-line interface

COD

Capacity-on-Demand option

codd

Capacity-on-Demand Daemon

centerplane (Sun Fireplane interconnect)

CPU

central processing unit

CS or CSB

centerplane support board

CSN

chassis serial number

D

DARB

data arbiter ASIC

DAT

digital audio tape

DBUS

data bus

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

dynamic reconfiguration

dsmd

Domain Service Monitoring Daemon

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

efhd

Error and Fault Handling Daemon

elad

Event Log Access Daemon

erd

Event Reporting Daemon

esmd

Environmental Status Monitoring Daemon

EX or EXB

expander board

F

fomd

Failover Management Daemon

frad

FRU Access Daemon

FRU

field-replaceable unit

fan tray

G

GUI

graphical user interface

H

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

identifier

input/output board, such as MaxCPU board or hsPCI board

IOA

input/output adapter

Internet Protocol

J

JDK

Java Development Kit

K

kmd

Key Management Daemon

M

mand

Management Network Daemon

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

power supply

R

RBUS

response bus

RIO

read input/output ASIC

RMX

response multiplexer ASIC

RSM

remote shared memory

real-time process

S

SAN

storage area network

system board, such as CPU board

SBBC

Sun Fire boot bus controller

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

ssd

SMS Startup Daemon

SSM

scalable shared memory

SYS

system process

T

tmd

Task Manager Daemon

TNG

the next generation

time-sharing process

U

UPA

UltraSPARC trademark port architecture

V

volts or voltage

VDC

volts direct current

W

WCI

Sun Fire Link interface ASIC

WcApp

Sun Fire Link and Sun Fire high-end SMS interface daemon

WPCI

Sun Fire Link PCI

wrsm

Sun Fire Link Remote Shared Memory driver

wssm

Sun Fire Link Scalable Shared Memory driver