Intel® Compute Module MFS2600KI TPS

Glossary

Glossary

This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use, numeric entries are listed first (for example, “82460GX”) followed by alpha entries (for example, “AGP 4x”). Acronyms are followed by non-acronyms.

Term

Definition

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

 

 

AP

Application Processor

 

 

APIC

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Control

 

 

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

 

 

ASMI

Advanced Server Management Interface

 

 

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

 

 

BIST

Built-In Self Test

 

 

BMC

Baseboard Management Controller

 

 

Bridge

Circuitry connecting one computer bus to another, allowing an agent on one to access the other

 

 

BSP

Bootstrap Processor

 

 

byte

8-bit quantity.

 

 

CBC

Chassis Bridge Controller (A microcontroller connected to one or more other CBCs, together they

 

bridge the IPMB buses of multiple chassis.

 

 

CEK

Common Enabling Kit

 

 

CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

 

 

CMOS

In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes

 

of memory, which normally resides on the server board.

 

 

DPC

Direct Platform Control

 

 

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

 

 

EHCI

Enhanced Host Controller Interface

 

 

EMP

Emergency Management Port

 

 

EPS

External Product Specification

 

 

ESB2

Enterprise South Bridge 2

 

 

FBD

Fully Buffered DIMM

 

 

FMB

Flexible Mother Board

 

 

FRB

Fault Resilient Booting

 

 

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

 

 

FSB

Front-Side Bus

 

 

GB

1024MB

 

 

GPIO

General Purpose I/O

 

 

GTL

Gunning Transceiver Logic

 

 

HSC

Hot-Swap Controller

 

 

Hz

Hertz (1 cycle/second)

 

 

I2C

Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus

 

 

IA

Intel® Architecture

IBF

Input Buffer

 

 

ICH

I/O Controller Hub

 

 

ICMB

Intelligent Chassis Management Bus

 

 

IERR

Internal Error

 

 

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