Glossary
Intel® Server Board S5500HV/Intel® Server System SR1670HV TPS
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Intel order number E69391-006
Glossary
This appendix contains important terms used in this document. For ease of use, numeric entries
are listed first (e.g., “82460GX”) followed by alpha entries (e.g., “AGP 4x”). Acronyms are
followed by non-acronyms.
Term
Definition
ACPI Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface
AP Application
Processor
APIC
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Control
ARP
Address Resolution Protocal
ASIC Application
Specific Integrated Circuit
ASMI
Advanced Server Management Interface
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BIST
Built-In Self Test
BMC
Baseboard Management Controller
Bridge
Circuitry connecting one computer bus to another, allowing an agent on one to access the other
BSP Bootstrap
Processor
Byte 8-bit
quantity
CBC
Chassis Bridge Controller (A microcontroller connected to one or more other CBCs, together they
bridge the IPMB buses of multiple chassis.
CEK
Common Enabling Kit
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CMOS Complementary
Metal-oxide-semiconductor
In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes
of memory, which normally resides on the server board.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocal
DPC
Direct Platform Control
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EMP
Emergency Management Port
EPS
External Product Specification
ESB2
Enterprise South Bridge 2
FBD
Fully Buffered DIMM
F MB
Flexible Mother Board
FRB
Fault Resilient Booting
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit
FSB
Front Side Bus
GB 1024
MB
GPA
Guest Physical Address
GPIO
General Purpose I/O
GTL
Gunning Transceiver Logic
HPA
Host Physical Address
HSC Hot-swap
Controller
Hz
Hertz (1 cycle/second)
I
2
C
Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
