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RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service
Networking protocol that provides centralized
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
(AAA) management for computers to connect and
use a network service
RAM: Random Access Memory
A temporary storage area for data and programs.
This type of memory must be periodically refreshed
to maintain valid data and is lost when the
computer is power off. See NVRAM.
RAS: Reliability Availability Serviceability
These factors help to ensure the integrity of the
data stored on your bullx B500 compute blade;
that your bullx B500 compute blade is available
when you want to use it; and that should a failure
occur; you can easily diagnose and repair the
failure with minimal inconvenience.
RISC: Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
A CPU design strategy emphasizing the insight that
simplified instructions that "do less" may still
provide for higher performance if this simplicity
can be utilized to make instructions execute very
quickly.
RJ45
Eight-contact regular jack.
RoHS: Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances
This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of
new electrical and electronic equipment containing
more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium,
mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated
biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether
(PBDE) flame retardants.
RPM: Rotations Per Minute
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SATA: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Storage-interface for connecting host bus adapters
to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives
and optical drives.
SEL: System Event Log
Hardware log of server (512 entries)
Serial Port
Connector that allows the transfer of data between
the computer and a serial device. See COM1 or
COM 2.Shell is a Unix term for the interactive user
interface with an operating system.
bullx B500 compute blade
The blades that provide dual QDR InfiniBand (IB)
channel to the InfiniBand Switch.
SIMD: Single Instruction, Multiple Data
Technique employed to achieve data level
parallelism.
SKU: Stock Keeping Unit
It is a unique identifier for each distinct product
and service that can be ordered from a supplier.
SMASH: System Management Architecture for
Server Hardware
It is a suite of specifications that deliver industry
standard protocols to increase productivity of the
management of a data center.
SMT: Simultaneous Multi-Threading
Ability of a single physical processor to
simultaneously dispatch instructions from more than
one hardware thread
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
An internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail)
transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
The protocol governing network management and
the monitoring of network devices and their
functions.
