TABLE 6-13Abbreviations or Acronyms in Diagnostic Output

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Term

Description

Associated FRU(s)

 

 

 

NVRAM

IDPROM

IDPROM, located on

 

 

PCI riser board

OBP

Refers to OpenBoot firmware

N/A

PDB

Power Distribution Board

Power distribution

 

 

board

PMC

Power Management Controller

PCI riser board

POST

Power-On Self-Test

N/A

RIO

Multifunction integrated circuit bridging the PCI

PCI riser board

 

bus with EBus and USB

 

RTC

Real-Time Clock

PCI riser board

RX

Receive – Communication protocol

Centerplane

Safari

The system interconnect architecture—that is, the

CPU/Memory board,

 

data and address buses

centerplane

Schizo

System bus to PCI bridge integrated circuit

Centerplane

Scan

A means for monitoring and altering the content

N/A

 

of ASICs and system components, as provided for

 

 

in the IEEE 1149.1 standard

 

SIO

SuperIO integrated circuit – Controls the SC

PCI riser

 

UART port and more

 

TX

Transmit – Communication protocol

Centerplane

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter –

Centerplane, PCI riser

 

Serial port hardware

board, SC card

 

 

 

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V490 specifications

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