A
Application Simulator
Test tool that can simulate
applications and/or SMSCs.
B
British Thermal Unit
BTU
D
Direct Current
DC
Data Collection
E
Electro-Static Discharge
ESD
A notification of a state change to
a FRU. An event can be an alarm
event
or an informational notification.
Events can indicate the assertion or
clearing of an alarm. In addition,
events can indicate a basic state
change that is informational and
not related to an alarm condition
(for example, card inserted).
An OAM-related occurrence that
can be made visible to the user.
In Policy Management, an expected
incident that is logged. Events can
be used for debugging purposes.
F
Software embedded in a hardware
device. Oftentimes, firmware is
firmware
provided on flash ROMs or as a
binary image file that can be
uploaded onto existing hardware.
Field Replaceable Unit
FRU
A circuit board or part that can be
quickly and easily removed and
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