Abbreviations and acronyms
AC | alternating current |
ACPI | advanced control and power interface |
APIC | advanced programmable interrupt |
| controller |
ASM | Advanced System Management |
ASR | Automatic Server Restart |
ATS | Advanced Technical Support |
BASP | Broadcom Advanced Server Program |
BI | business intelligence |
BIOS | basic input/output system |
CCA | Citrix Certified Administrator |
compact disk read only memory | |
CEC | central electronic complex |
CIM | Common Information Model |
CPU | central processing unit |
CRM | customer relationship management |
DDR | double data rate |
DDS | Digital Data Storage |
DIMM | dual inline memory module |
DLT | Digital Linear Tape |
DOS | disk operating system |
DP | dual processor |
ECC | error checking and correcting |
EEEnterprise Edition
EMEA | Europe, Middle East, Africa |
ER | enterprise rack |
ERP | enterprise resource planning |
ESCON | enterprise systems connection |
ESS | Enterprise Storage Server |
FC | Fibre Channel |
FRU | field replaceable unit |
GA | general availability |
GB | gigabyte |
GBps | gigabytes per second |
Gbps | gigabits per second |
HA | high availability |
HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
HBA | host bus adapter |
HCL | hardware compatibility list |
HTTP | Hypertext Transmission Protocol |
I/O | input/output |
IBM | International Business Machines |
| Corporation |
IBS | International Business Systems |
ID | identification |
IEC | International Engineering Consortium |
IIS | Internet Information Services |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISP | Internet service provider |
IT | information technology |
KB | kilobyte |
LAN | local area network |
LED | light emitting diode |
LPAR | logical partition |
LTO | Linear Tape Open |
MAC | media access control |
MB | megabyte |
MCNE | Master Certified Novell Engineer |
MCSE | Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer |
MP | multiprocessor |
MPA | Management Processor Assistant |
MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Service |
NAS | Network Attached Storage |
NBI | NetWare Bus Interface |
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