Glossary Intel
®
Server Board S5500BC TPS
Intel order number: E42249-003
Revision 1.0
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Term
Definition
IPMB
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IR Infrared
ITP In-Target
Probe
KB 1024
bytes
KCS
Keyboard Controller Style
LAN
Local Area Network
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LPC
Low Pin Count
LUN
Logical Unit Number
MAC
Media Access Control
MB 1024
KB
MCH
Memory Controller Hub
MD2
Message Digest 2 – Hashing Algorithm
MD5
Message Digest 5 – Hashing Algorithm – Higher Security
ms Milliseconds
MTTR
Memory Type Range Register
Mux Multiplexor
NIC
Network Interface Controller
NMI Nonmaskable
Interrupt
OBF Output
Buffer
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Ohm
Unit of electrical resistance
PEF
Platform Event Filtering
PEP
Platform Event Paging
PIA
Platform Information Area (This feature configures the firmware for the platform hardware)
PLD
Programmable Logic Device
PMI
Platform Management Interrupt
POST
Power-On Self Test
PSMI
Power Supply Management Interface
PWM Pulse-Width
Modulation
RAM
Random Access Memory
RASUM
Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Usability, and Manageability
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computing
ROM
Read Only Memory
RTC
Real-Time Clock (Component of ICH peripheral chip on the server board)
SDR
Sensor Data Record
SECC
Single Edge Connector Cartridge
SEEPROM
Serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
SEL
System Event Log
SIO Server
Input/Output
SMI
Server Management Interrupt (SMI is the highest priority nonmaskable interrupt)
SMM
Server Management Mode
