panel
The front-most element of a server, perpendicular to the PCB, which serves
to mount connectors, indicators, controls and mezzanines, and also seals the
front of the subrack for airflow and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
PCIe
A high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard designed to replace the
older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards. PCIe has numerous
improvements over the aforementioned bus standards, including higher
maximum system bus throughput, lower I/O pin count and smaller physical
footprint, better performance-scaling for bus devices, a more detailed error
detection and reporting mechanism (Advanced Error Reporting), and native
hot-plug functionality. More recent revisions of the PCIe standard support
hardware I/O virtualization.
RAID
Redundant array of independent disks
A storage technology that combines multiple hard disks into a logical unit in
several ways called "RAID levels", providing high storage and redundancy
performance.
redundanc
y
The ability of a system to keep functioning normally in the event of a device
failure by having a backup device automatically replace the faulty one.
SEL
System event log
A non-volatile storage area and associated interfaces for storing system
platform events for later retrieval.
server
A special computer that provides various services for clients over a network.
U
A unit defined in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 60297-1
to measure the height of a cabinet, chassis, or subrack. 1 U = 44.45 mm =
1.75 in.
11.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
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AC
alternating current
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B
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BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BMC
Baseboard Management Controller
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C
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CD
calendar day
CLI
command-line interface
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