Standard terms, abbreviations, and acronyms
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System.
BTU or Btu
British thermal unit.
CA
Certificate authority.
CRL
Certificate revocation list.
DC
Domain controller.
DDNS
Dynamic domain name system.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
DNS
Domain name system.
EBIPA
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing.
EEPROM
Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
FIFO
First in, first out.
GPSM
Global Partition Services module.
HTTPS
Hypertext transfer protocol secure sockets.
IA
Interface adapter.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol.
iLO 3
Integrated Lights-Out 3.
IOX
I/O expansion enclosure.
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
MAC
Media Access Control.
MIB
Management information base.
MMC
Microsoft Management Console.
NIC
Network interface controller.
PKCS
Public-Key Cryptography Standards.
POST
Power on self test.
PXE
Preboot Execution Environment.
RBSU
ROM-Based Setup Utility.
SAN
Storage area network.
Subject alternative name; used for public key certificates.
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol.
SSH
Secure Shell.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer.
SSO
Single sign-on.
SUV
Serial, USB, video.
TFTP
Trivial file transfer protocol.
UDP
User datagram protocol.
UID
Unit identification.
XFM
Xbar Fabric module.
XML
Extensible markup language.
XSLT
Extensible stylesheet language transformations.
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