Sun Microsystems X4150 manual Platform Event Filter, Platform Event Trap, Power-on self-test

Platform Event Filter

(PEF) A mechanism that configures the service processor to take selected actions when it receives event messages, for example, powering off or resetting the system or triggering an alert.

Platform Event Trap

(PET) A configured alert triggered by a hardware or firmware (BIOS) event. A PET is an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)–specific, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap, which operates independently of the operating system.

port The location (socket) to which Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connections are made. Web servers traditionally use port 80, the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uses port 21, and Telnet uses port 23. A port enables a client program to specify a particular server program in a computer on a network. When a server program is started initially, it binds to its designated port number. Any client that wants to use that server must send a request to bind to the designated port number.

port number A number that specifies an individual Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) application on a host machine, providing a destination for transmitted data.

power cycling The process of turning the power to a system off then on again.

power-on self-test

(POST) A program that takes uninitialized system hardware and probes and tests its components at system startup. POST configures useful components into a coherent, initialized system and hands it over to the OpenBoot PROM. POST passes to OpenBoot PROM a list of only those components that have been successfully tested.

PowerPC An embedded processor.

Preboot Execution

Environment (PXE) An industry-standard client-server interface that enables a server to boot an operating system (OS) over a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The PXE specification describes how the network adapter card and BIOS work together to provide basic networking capabilities for the primary bootstrap program, enabling it to perform a secondary bootstrap over the network, such as a TFTP load of an OS image. Thus, the primary bootstrap program, if coded to PXE standards, does not need knowledge of the system’s networking hardware.

Privacy Enhanced Mail

(PEM) A standard for Internet electronic mail that encrypts data to ensure privacy and data integrity.

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