MPCBL0010—Introduction
Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer
Technical Product Specification October 2006
14 Order Number: 304120
IBA Intel® Boot Agent. The Intel Boot Agent is a software product
that allows your networked client computer to boot using a
program code image supplied by a remote server.
IDE Integrated Device Electronics. Common, low-cost disk interface.
IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus. Physical two-wire
medium to carry IPMI.
IPMC Intelligent Platform Management Controller. ASIC on baseboard
responsible for low-level system management.
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface. Programming model
for system management.
KCS Keyboard Controller Style interface.
LPC Bus Low Pin Count Bus. Legacy I/O bus that replaces ISA and X-bus.
See the Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface specification.
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure. A reliability measure based on the
probability of failure.
NEBS National Equipment Building Standards. Telco standards for
equipment emissions, thermal, shock, contaminants, and fire
suppression requirements.
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt. Low-level PC interrupt.
Node Board A board capable of providing and/or receiving packet data to/
from a Fabric Board via the ports of the networks. The term is
used interchangeably with SBC.
MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer.
Node Slot A slot supporting port connections to/from Fabric Slot(s). A
Node slot is intended to accept a Node Board.
PCB Printed Circuit Board.
Physical Port A port that physically exists. It is supported by one of many
physical (PHY) type components.
PLL Phase-locked Loop.
ROM Read-Only Memory.
SATA Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment). A physical
storage interface.
SBC Single Board Computer. This term is used interchangeably with
Node Board.
SEL System Event Log. Action logged by management controller.
ShMC Shelf Management Controller.
SMBus System Management Bus. Similar to I2C.
SMI System Management Interrupt. Low-level PC interrupt which
can be initiated by chipset or management controller. Used to
service IPMC or handle things like memory errors.
SMS, SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation*.
SOL Serial over LAN
USB Universal Serial Bus. General-purpose peripheral interconnect,
operating at 1-12 Mbps.