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OS
Operating System.
PCI PM
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification
POST
Acronym for Power On Self-Test. POST processing in the BIOS is responsible for
initializing the system hardware and starting IPL.
Power management
Technology that allows a system to consume less power when not in use and to be
fully operational when awakened.
ProxyDHCP
“Fake” DHCP; extended DHCP service.
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
A means by which agents can be loaded remotely onto systems to perform
management tasks in the absence of a running OS. To enable the interoperability of
clients and downloaded bootstrap programs, the client preboot code must provide a
set of services for use by a downloaded bootstrap. It also must ensure certain aspects
of the client state at the point in time when the bootstrap begins executing. 3Com's
PXE solution is embedded in MBA.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
An industry-standard method for communication with remote, networked systems.
DMI Version 2.0 specifies RPCs as the standard mechanism for remote access to
manageable systems.
Remote wakeup (RWU)
The ability of a managed computer to be remotely awakened from a sleeping state.
RFC
Request for Comment. This is a class of document used by the IETF for proposing
technologies for adoption by the IETF and setting these technologies on a standards
track. Each RFC is assigned a unique integer document number. When a technology is
adopted by the IETF as a standard, the corresponding RFC becomes the document that
formally specifies the technology.
ROM
Acronym for Read-Only Memory.