Appendix A. Acronyms and Glossary
Term | Definition |
Alerts | LAN, Modem, or email notifications |
ARSC | Advanced Remote Server Control (KVM redirect) |
BMC | Baseboard Management Controller – found on the IMM |
BYO/PCT | Platform Confidence Test |
CLI | Command Line Interface |
FAT | File Allocation Table, FAT 16 is a DOS 6.22 file format. DOS 7.1 |
| and Windows after Windows 98 use FAT32 or NTFS. |
FRU | Field Replaceable Units |
GCM | Advanced Module NIC (Generic Communication Module) |
GUI | Graphic User Interface |
HSBP/HSC | Hot Swap Back Plane or Hot Swap Controller |
HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | HTTP with SSL encryption. |
IPMI | Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
IMM | Intel Management Module (Professional and Advanced Edition |
| Modules) |
ISM | Intel Server Manager |
KVM | ARSC, Keyboard/Video/Mouse redirection |
LAN | Local Area Network |
NIC | Network Interface Controller (LAN connection) |
OOB | Out of band |
Paging | Sending Alerts |
Privilege Level | User, Operator or Admin access levels |
SCW | Server Configuration Wizard |
SDR | Sensor Data Records |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOL | Serial over LAN |
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