Digital Equipment AlphaServer 2000, Owner'S Manual

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RAID Configuration Utility (RCU)
A configuration utility supplied on diskette that is used to set
up the disk drives and logical units on systems that have the
StorageWorks RAID Array 200 Subsystem.
redundant
Describes duplicate or extra computing components that protect
a computing system from failure.
reliability
The probability a device or system will not fail to perform its
intended functions during a specified time.
responder
In any particular bus transaction, memory, CPU, or I/O that
accepts or supplies data in response to a command/address from
the system bus commander.
RISC
Reduced instruction set computer. A processor with an
instruction set that is reduced in complexity.
ROM-based diagnostics
Diagnostic programs resident in read-only memory.
script
A data structure that defines a group of commands to be
executed. Similar to an OpenVMS command file.
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface. An ANSI-standard
interface for connecting disks and other peripheral devices
to computer systems. Some devices are supported under the
SCSI-1 specification; others are supported under the SCSI-2
specification.
self-test
A test that is invoked automatically when the system powers up.
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