Glossary

A

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

ANSI SIS

American National Standards Institute Status Indicator Standard.

ASF

Alert standard format.

ASR

Automatic system recovery.

AWG

American wire gauge.

B

BAT

basic assurance test.

BIOS

Basic Input Output System.

BMC

Baseboard management controller.

BOB

Memory buffer on board.

C

chassis

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

CMA

Cable management arm.

D

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

DTE

Data terminal equipment.

E

ECC

Error-correcting code.

EIA

Electronics Industries Alliance.

ESD

Electrostatic discharge.

F

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 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.

IDE

Integrated Development Environment.

ID PROM

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

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.

LRDIMM

Load Reduced DIMM.

M

MAC

Machine access code.

MAC address

Media access controller address.

MBR

Master boot record.

MSGID

Message identifier.

N

NEBS

Network Equipment-Building.

NET MGT

Network management port. An Ethernet port on the server SP.

NIC

Network interface card or controller.

NMI

Nonmaskable interrupt.

NVMe

A specification for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) attached through the PCI Express (PCIe) bus. "NVM" is an acronym for non-volatile memory, which is used in SSDs.

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.

PDB

Power distribution board.

PMR

Physical media request.

POST

Power-on self-test.

PROM

Programmable read-only memory.

PSH

Predictive self healing.

PXE

Preboot 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.

RDIMM

Registered DIMM.

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.

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.

T

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association (Netra products only).

Tma

Maximum ambient temperature.

TPM

Trusted Platform Module.

U

UCP

Universal connector port.

UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.

UI

User interface.

UL

Underwriters Laboratory Inc.

U.S. NEC

United States National Electrical Code.

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.