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Appendix I: Glossary
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SSI (Server System Infrastructure):
an industry initiative intended to provide ready-to-use
design specifications for common server hardware elements (chassis, power supplies, and
racks) to promote and support server industry growth.
Standby mode:
in this mode, the video and hard drives shut down; all other devices continue
to operate normally.
Striping:
see RAID
UltraDMA-33/66/100:
a fast version of the old DMA channel. UltraDMA is also called UltraATA.
Without proper UltraDMA controller, your system cannot take advantage of higher data
transfer rates of the new UltraDMA/UltraATA hard drives.
USB (Universal Serial Bus):
a versatile port. This one port type can function as a serial,
parallel, mouse, keyboard or joystick port. It is fast enough to support video transfer, and is
capable of supporting up to 127 daisy-chained peripheral devices.
VGA (Video Graphics Array):
the PC video display standard
V-SYNC:
controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor.
ZCR:
Zero Channel RAID. PCI card that allows a RAID card to use the onboard SCSI chip,
thus lowering cost of RAID solution
ZIF Socket (Zero Insertion Force socket):
these sockets make it possible to insert CPUs
without damaging the sensitive CPU pins. The CPU is lightly placed in an open ZIF socket,
and a lever is pulled down. This shift the processor over and down, guiding into the board and
locking it into place.
