Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 manual Abbreviation for Domain Name System

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DHCP

Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, which is a protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a local area network.

DLL

Abbreviation for Dynamic Link Library, which is a library of small programs, any of which can be called when needed by a larger program that is running in the system. The small program that lets the larger program communicate with a specific device such as a printer or scanner is often packaged as a DLL program (or file).

DDNS

Abbreviation for Dynamic Domain Naming System.

DNS

Abbreviation for Domain Name System.

DRAC 4

Abbreviation for Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4.

DSU

Abbreviation for disk storage unit.

DVD

Abbreviation for digital versatile disc (also known as digital video disc).

FQDN

Acronym for Fully Qualified Domain Names. Microsoft® ActiveDirectoryonlysupportsFQDNof64bytesorfewer.

FSMO

Flexible Single Master Operation. It is Microsoft’s way of guaranteeing atomicity of the extension operation.

GMT

Abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time, which is the standard time common to every place in the world. GMT nominally reflects the mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK.

GPIO

Abbreviation for general purpose input/output.

GRUB

Acronym for GRand Unified Bootloader, a new and commonly-used Red Hat® Enterprise Linux loader.

GUI

Abbreviation for graphical user interface, which refers to a computer display interface that uses elements such as windows, dialog boxes, and buttons as opposed to a command prompt interface, in which all user interaction is displayed and typed in text.

hardware log

Records events generated by the DRAC 4 and the BMC.

ICMB

Abbreviation for Intelligent Chassis Management Bus.

ICMP

Abbreviation for Internet control message protocol.

ID

Abbreviation for identifier, commonly used when referring to a user identifier (user ID) or object identifier (object ID).

IP

Abbreviation for Internet Protocol, which is the network layer for TCP/IP. IP provides packet routing, fragmentation, and reassembly.

IPMB

Abbreviation for intelligent platform management bus, which is a bus used in systems management technology.

IPMI

Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface, which is a part of systems management technology.

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