server DMI compliance The DMTF owns the responsibility for the definition
of DMI 2.0 compliance
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Used to get information from the
configuration server. An industry standard Internet protocol defined by the
IETF. DHCP was defined to dynamically provide communications-related
configuration values such as network addresses to network client computers
at boot time. DHCP is specified by IETF RFCs 1534, 2131, and 2132.
DMI compliance
The DMTF owns the responsibility for the definition of DMI 2.0 compliance.
Extended Memory
Typically used to describe memory on an Intel architecture system above 1
MB.
GUID
A globally unique identifier. This is a 128-bit identifier generated via a
specific algorithm that is extremely unlikely to be generated by the
algorithm in another place or at another time.
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force. The open industry body that owns the
technical specifications for Internet standards (protocols, APIs, etc).
IID
An interface identifier and also a form of a UUID
(GUID).
IPL
Acronym for Initial Program Load, also known as the bootstrap or boot
process.
LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
The concept of integrating the LAN subsystem onto the motherboard.
Management Information Base (MIB)
A collection of managed SNMP objects, residing in an information store.
Management Information Format (MIF)
An ASCII text file in the DMI architecture that describes a product’s
manageable features and attributes. The DMI maintains this information in
a MIF database and makes it available to operating systems and
management applications. The DMTF has specified MIF formats for a variety
of system types and peripheral devices.
MTFTP
Multicast Trivial File Transfer Protocol. PXE implements a proprietary
implementation of MTFTP. Used to download NBP to many clients
simultaneously.
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