Glossary

Numerics

A

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

ANSI SIS

American National Standards Institute Status Indicator Standard.

ASF

Alert standard format (Netra products only).

ASR

Automatic system recovery.

AWG

American wire gauge.

B

BAT

basic assurance test.

BIOS

Basic Input Output System.

blade

Generic term for server modules and storage modules. See server module and storage module.

blade server

Server module. See server module.

BMC

Baseboard management controller.

BOB

Memory buffer on board.

C

chassis

For servers, refers to the server enclosure. For server modules, refers to the modular system enclosure.

CMA

Cable management arm.

CMM

Chassis monitoring module. The CMM is the service processor in the modular system. Oracle ILOM runs on the CMM, providing lights out management of the components in the modular system chassis. See Modular system and Oracle ILOM.

CMM Oracle ILOM

Oracle ILOM that runs on the CMM. See Oracle ILOM.

D

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

disk module or disk blade

Interchangeable terms for storage module. See storage module.

DTE

Data terminal equipment.

E

ECC

Error-correcting code.

EIA

Electronics Industries Alliance.

ESD

Electrostatic discharge.

F

FEM

Fabric expansion module. FEMs enable server modules to use the 10GbE connections provided by certain NEMs. See NEM.

FRU

Field-replaceable unit.

G

GPT

GUID partition table.

GRUB

GRand Unified Bootloader. A GNU implementation that supports booting multiple OSs on a computer.

H

HBA

Host bus adapter.

HMP

Hardware Management Pack.

host

The part of the server or server module with the CPU and other hardware that runs the Oracle Solaris OS and other applications. The term host is used to distinguish the primary computer from the SP. See SP.

I

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol.

ID PROM

Chip that contains system information for the server or server module.

IDE

Integrated Development Environment.

IP

Internet Protocol.

K

KVM

Keyboard, video, mouse. Refers to using a switch to enable sharing of one keyboard, one display, and one mouse with more than one computer.

L

LwA

Sound power level.

M

MAC

Machine access code.

MAC address

Media access controller address.

MBR

Master boot record.

Modular system

The rackmountable chassis that holds server modules, storage modules, NEMs, and PCI EMs. The modular system provides Oracle ILOM through its CMM.

MSGID

Message identifier.

N

name space

Top-level Oracle ILOM CMM target.

NEBS

Network Equipment-Building System (Netra products only).

NEM

Network express module. NEMs provide 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, 10GbE Ethernet ports, and SAS connectivity to storage modules.

NET MGT

Network management port. An Ethernet port on the server SP, the server module SP, and the CMM.

NIC

Network interface card or controller.

NMI

Nonmaskable interrupt.

O

OBP

OpenBoot PROM.

Oracle ILOM

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager. Oracle ILOM firmware is preinstalled on a variety of Oracle systems. Oracle ILOM enables you to remotely manage your Oracle servers regardless of the state of the host system.

Oracle Solaris OS

Oracle Solaris operating system.

OS

Operating system.

OSA

Oracle System Assistant.

P

PCI

Peripheral component interconnect.

PCI EM

PCIe ExpressModule. Modular components that are based on the PCI Express industry-standard form factor and offer I/O features such as Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel.

PDB

power distribution board.

PMR

Physical media request.

POST

Power-on self-test.

PROM

Programmable read-only memory.

PSH

Predictive self healing.

PXE

Pre-boot eXecution environment.

Q

QSFP

Quad small form-factor pluggable.

R

REM

RAID expansion module. Sometimes referred to as an HBA See HBA. Supports the creation of RAID volumes on drives.

RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

S

SAN

Storage area network.

SAS

Serial attached SCSI.

SATA

Serial advanced technology attachment.

SCC

System configuration chip.

SER MGT

Serial management port. A serial port on the server SP, the server module SP, and the CMM.

server module

Modular component that provides the main compute resources (CPU and memory) in a modular system. Server modules might also have onboard storage and connectors that hold REMs and FEMs.

SLES

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

SMART

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

SNMP

Simple network management protocol.

SP

Service processor. In the server or server module, the SP is a card with its own OS. The SP processes Oracle ILOM commands providing lights out management control of the host. See host.

SRU

Support Repository Update. Used to updated the Oracle Solaris OS.

SSD

Solid-state drive.

SSH

Secure shell.

storage module

Modular component that provides computing storage to the server modules.

T

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association (Netra products only).

Tma

Maximum ambient temperature.

TPM

Trusted Platform Module (a Windows 2008 feature).

U

U.S. NEC

United States National Electrical Code.

UCP

Universal connector port.

UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.

UI

User interface.

UL

Underwriters Laboratory Inc.

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time.

UUID

Universal unique identifier.

V

VM

Virtual machine.

W

WDS

Windows Deployment Services.

WIM

Windows Imaging Format.

WWN

World wide name. A unique number that identifies a SAS target.