L
LDAP
Lightweight directory access protocol
LVM
Logical volume manager
M
Monarch
Designates a single-blade server, or lowest-numbered blade in a conjoined server
MP
Management processor
MPS
Maximum payload size
N
NIC
Network interface card
NVRAM
Non-Volatile RAM
O
OA
Onboard Administrator
ORCA
Option Rom Configuration for Arrays
P
PA-RISC
Precision Architecture, Reduced Instruction Set Computing
PCA
Printed circuit assembly
PCI
Peripheral component interface
PCI-X
Peripheral component interconnect extended
PCIe
Peripheral component interconnect express
POL
Point-of-load
POSSE
Pre-OS system startup environment
POST
Power-On Self-Test
Q
QPI
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
S
SAL
System abstraction layer
SAS
Serial attached SCSI
SATA
Serial ATA
SBA
System bus adapter
SEL
System event log
SFM
System fault management
SGPIO
Serial general purpose input/output
SMH
System management homepage
SSH
Secure Shell
STM
Support Tool Manager
T
TLB
Translation look-aside buffer
ToC
Transfer of control
TPM
Trusted platform module
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