Intel S5000PSL, S5000XSL Glossary, Glossary, Revision, Intel order number: D41763-003, Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL and S5000XSL TPS

Glossary Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL and S5000XSL TPS

Glossary

This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use, numeric entries are listed first (e.g., “82460GX”) with alpha entries following (e.g., “AGP 4x”). Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms following.

	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
	F MB	Flexible Mother Board
	FRB	Fault Resilient Booting
	FRU	Field Replaceable Unit
	FSB	Front Side Bus
	GB	1024 MB
	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
	IC MB	Intelligent Chassis Management Bus
	IERR	Internal Error
118		Revision 1.2
		Intel order number: D41763-003