Appendix A: Glossary
Intel
®
Carrier Grade Server TIGPT1U TPS
Intel Secret
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Term Definition
NIC
Network interface card
NMI Nonmaskable
interrupt
NWPA
NetWare* Peripheral Architecture
ODI
Open data-link interface
OEM
Original equipment manufacturer
OPROM
Option ROM (expansion BIOS for a peripheral)
OS Operating
system
OTP Over-temperature
protection
OVP Over-voltage
protection
PC-100
Collection of specifications for 100 MHz memory modules
PCB
Printed circuit board
PCI
Peripheral component interconnect
PHP PCI
hot-plug
PID
Programmable interrupt device
PIRQ
PCI interrupt request line
PMM
POST memory manager
PnP
Plug and play
POST Power-on
Self
Test
PSU Power
supply
unit
PVC Polyvinyl
chloride
PWM Pulse
width
modulation
RAS
Reliability, availability, and serviceability
RIA Ring
indicator
RPM Rotations
per
minute
RTS
Request to send
SAF-TE
SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures
SCA
Single connector attachment
SCL Serial
clock
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SDR
Sensor data records
SDRAM
Synchronous dynamic RAM
SEC
Single edge connector
SEL
System event log
SELV
Safety extra low voltage
SEMKO
Sverge Elektriske Materiellkontroll (Swedish Board of Testing and Approval of Electrical
Equipment)
SGRAM
Synchronous graphics RAM
SM Server
management
SMBIOS
System management BIOS
SMBus
Subset of I
2
C bus/protocol (developed by Intel)
SMI
System management interrupt
SMM
Server management mode
SMP Symmetric
multiprocessing
SMRAM
System management RAM
SMS
Server management software