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## Glossary

## A

ANSI SIS

  American National Standards Institute Status Indicator Standard.

ASF

  Alert standard format (Netra products only).

ASR

  Automatic system recovery.

AWG

  American wire gauge.

## B

blade

  Generic term for server modules and storage modules. See server module and storage module.

blade server

  Server module. See server module.

BMC

  Baseboard management controller.

BOB

  Memory buffer on board.

## C

chassis

  For servers, refers to the server enclosure. For server modules, refers to the modular system enclosure.

CMA

  Cable management arm.

CMM

  Chassis monitoring module. The CMM is the service processor in the modular system. Oracle ILOM runs on the CMM, providing lights out management of the components in the modular system chassis. See Modular system and Oracle ILOM.

CMM Oracle ILOM

  Oracle ILOM that runs on the CMM. See Oracle ILOM.

CMP

  Chip multiprocessor.

## D

DHCP

  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

disk module or disk blade

  Interchangeable terms for storage module. See storage module.

DTE

  Data terminal equipment.

## E

EIA

  Electronics Industries Alliance.

ESD

  Electrostatic discharge.

## F

FEM

  Fabric expansion module. FEMs enable server modules to use the 10GbE connections provided by certain NEMs. See NEM.

FRU

  Field-replaceable unit.

## H

HBA

  Host bus adapter.

host

  The part of the server or server module with the CPU and other hardware that runs the Oracle Solaris OS and other applications. The term host is used to distinguish the primary computer from the SP. See SP.

## I

ID PROM

  Chip that contains system information for the server or server module.

IP

  Internet Protocol.

## K

KVM

  Keyboard, video, mouse. Refers to using a switch to enable sharing of one keyboard, one display, and one mouse with more than one computer.

## L

LwA

  Sound power level.

## M

MAC

  Machine access code.

MAC address

  Media access controller address.

Modular system

  The rackmountable chassis that holds server modules, storage modules, NEMs, and PCI EMs. The modular system provides Oracle ILOM through its CMM.

MSGID

  Message identifier.

## N

name space

  Top-level Oracle ILOM CMM target.

NEBS

  Network Equipment-Building System (Netra products only).

NEM

  Network express module. NEMs provide 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, 10GbE Ethernet ports, and SAS connectivity to storage modules.

NET MGT

  Network management port. An Ethernet port on the server SP, the server module SP, and the CMM.

NIC

  Network interface card or controller.

NMI

  Nonmaskable interrupt.

## O

OBP

  OpenBoot PROM.

Oracle ILOM

  Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager. Oracle ILOM firmware is preinstalled on a variety of Oracle systems. Oracle ILOM enables you to remotely manage your Oracle servers regardless of the state of the host system.

Oracle Solaris OS

  Oracle Solaris operating system.

## P

PCI

  Peripheral component interconnect.

PCI EM

  PCIe ExpressModule. Modular components that are based on the PCI Express industry-standard form factor and offer I/O features such as Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel.

POST

  Power-on self-test.

PROM

  Programmable read-only memory.

PSH

  Predictive self healing.

## Q

QSFP

  Quad small form-factor pluggable.

## R

REM

  RAID expansion module. Sometimes referred to as an HBA See HBA. Supports the creation of RAID volumes on drives.

## S

SAS

  Serial attached SCSI.

SCC

  System configuration chip.

SER MGT

  Serial management port. A serial port on the server SP, the server module SP, and the CMM.

server module

  Modular component that provides the main compute resources (CPU and memory) in a modular system. Server modules might also have onboard storage and connectors that hold REMs and FEMs.

SP

  Service processor. In the server or server module, the SP is a card with its own OS. The SP processes Oracle ILOM commands providing lights out management control of the host. See host.

SSD

  Solid-state drive.

SSH

  Secure shell.

storage module

  Modular component that provides computing storage to the server modules.

## T

TIA

  Telecommunications Industry Association (Netra products only).

Tma

  Maximum ambient temperature.

## U

UCP

  Universal connector port.

UI

  User interface.

UL

  Underwriters Laboratory Inc.

US. NEC

  United States National Electrical Code.

UTC

  Coordinated Universal Time.

UUID

  Universal unique identifier.

## W

WWN

  World wide name. A unique number that identifies a SAS target.

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