Emerson AXP1406, AXP1600 manual Abbreviations, Conventions

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Abbreviations

This document uses the following terms and abbreviations:

Term	Definition
FRU	Field Replaceable Unit. A module or component which will typically be replaced in its
	entirety as part of a field service repair operation.
FTM	Fan Tray Module. An FRU that provides cooling to the shelf.
IPMB	Intelligent Platform Management Bus. Name for the architecture, protocol, and
	implementation of a special bus that interconnects the baseboard and chassis
	electronics and provides a communications media for system platform management
	information. The bus is built on I2C and provides a communications path between
	“management controllers” such as the BMC, FPC, and HSC.
LPMI	Local Peripheral Manager Interface.
LUN	Logical Unit Number. In the context of the Intelligent Platform Management Bus
	protocol, this is a subaddress that allows messages to be routed to different ‘logical
	units’ that reside behind the same I2C slave address.
PEM	Power Entry Module. An FRU that introduces power to the shelf.
SAM	Shelf Manager. An FRU that provides system management functions for shelf
	components.
SDR	Sensor Data Record. A data record that provides platform management sensor type,
	locations, event generation, and access information.
SEL	System Event Log. A non-volatile storage area and associated interfaces for storing
	system platform event information for later retrieval.

Conventions

The following table describes the conventions used throughout this manual.

	Notation		Description
	0x00000000		Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits
			are 0 through F), for example used for addresses
			and offsets
	0b0000		Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)
	bold		Used to emphasize a word
	Screen		Used for on-screen output and code related
			elements or commands in body text
	Courier + Bold		Used to characterize user input and to separate it
			from system output
	Reference		Used for references and for table and figure
			descriptions
	File > Exit		Notation for selecting a submenu
	<text>		Notation for variables and keys
	[text]		Notation for software buttons to click on the screen
			and parameter description
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