Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
AC |
alternating current |
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AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
B
BBU |
backup battery unit |
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BIOS |
basic input output system |
C
CA |
Certificate Authority |
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CD |
compact disc |
CLI |
command-line interface |
COM |
cluster communication port |
CPLD |
complex programmable logic device |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CRL |
certificate revocation list |
D
disk |
Synonym of drive. |
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drive |
Synonym of disk. |
DC |
direct current |
DCMI 1.5 |
data center manageability interface specification v1.5 |
DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
DNS |
domain name server |
DVD |
digital video disc |
E
EIST |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology |
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ESN |
equipment serial number |
F
FDM |
fault diagnosis & management |
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FC |
fiber channel |
G
GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit |
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GUI |
graphical user interface |
H
HDD |
hard disk drive |
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HMM |
Hyper Management Module |
HPRE |
High Performance RSA Engine |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
I
iBMA |
Intelligent Baseboard Management Agent |
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iBMC |
Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller |
IMU |
I/O board management unit |
IO |
Integrated Operation |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPMI |
Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
J
JBOD |
Just a Bundle Of Disks |
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K
Kerberos |
A network authentication protocol. It provides security authentication for access between the client and the server through a key system. It enables multi-tenant access in the Hadoop. |
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KVM |
keyboard, video, and mouse |
L
LAN |
local area network |
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LCD |
liquid crystal display |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LLDP |
Link Layer Discovery Protocol |
LOM |
LAN on motherboard |
M
MAC |
Media Access Control |
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MCTP |
Management Component Transport Protocol |
MD5 |
Message-Digest algorithm 5 |
N
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
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NMI |
non-maskable interrupt |
NCSI |
network controller sideband interface |
NPU |
network process unit |
NVMe |
Non-Volatile Memory express |
O
OS |
operating system |
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OCP |
Open Compute Project |
OID |
object identifier |
OCSP |
Online Certificate Status Protocol |
P
PCB |
printed circuit board |
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PCIe |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PCH |
platform controller hub |
PFAE |
Proactive Failure Analysis Engine |
PXE |
Pre-boot Execution Environment |
PSU |
power supply unit |
Q
- |
- |
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R
RAID |
redundant array of independent disks |
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RDE |
RAID DIF engine |
Redfish |
DMTF's Redfish™ API is an open industry standard specification and schema that helps enable simple and secure management of modern scalable platform hardware. |
RFC |
Request For Comments |
RMCP |
Remote Management Control Protocol |
S
SAS |
serial attached SCSI |
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SATA |
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
SEL |
system event log |
SFTP |
Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SHA |
secure hash algorithm |
SID |
security identifier |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOL |
Serial Over LAN |
SSD |
solid-state drive |
SSH |
Secure Shell |
SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
SSO |
single sign-on |
T
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
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U
UEFI |
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
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UID |
Unit Identification Light |
UUID |
universally unique identifier |
USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
V
VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
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VLAN |
virtual local area network |
VMM |
virtual media manager |
VNC |
virtual network console |
W
WWPN |
world wide port name |
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WWNN |
world wide node name |
X
- |
- |
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Y
- |
- |
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Z
- |
- |
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