Glossary
This section defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this document.
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Adapter
An adapter enables the computer system to access peripheral devices by converting the protocol of one bus or interface to another. An adapter may also provide specialized function. Adapters may reside on the system board or be an
SCSI adapters.
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BIOS
(Basic Input/Output System) The part of the operating system in a system that provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices. BIOS also refers to the Basic Input/Input Output System of other “intelligent” devices, such as RAID controllers.
BIOS Configuration Utility
The BIOS Configuration Utility configures and maintains user configurable controller parameters. The utility resides in the controller BIOS and its operation is independent of the operating systems on your system. The BIOS Configuration Utility, also known as
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Controller
A chip that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and memory or between the microprocessor and a peripheral device such as a physical disk or the keyboard. In Storage Management, the hardware or logic that interacts with storage devices to write and retrieve data and perform storage management. RAID controllers perform RAID functions such as striping and mirroring to provide data protection.
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Disk
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DKMS
DKMS stands for Dynamic Kernel Module Support. It is designed to create a framework where kernel dependent module source can reside so that it is very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels. This will allow Linux vendors to provide driver drops without having to wait for new kernel releases while also taking out the guesswork for customers attempting to recompile modules for new kernels.
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