Specifications

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List of Abbreviations
ADSM ADSTAR Distributed Storage
Manager
ASMA Advanced System
Management Adapter
APC American Power Conversion
BDC Backup Domain Controller
BIOS Basic Input Output System
CCMS Computing Center
Management System
DBMS Database Management
System
DB Server Database Server
DIMM Dual-Inline Memory Module
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DMI Desktop Management
Interface
DRAM Dynamic Random Access
Memory
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ECC Error Correction Code
EISA Extended Industry Standard
Architecture
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data
Interface
FCS First Customer Shipment
GUI Graphical User Interface
HCL Hardware Compatibility List,
Microsoft
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
Format
IBM International Business
Machines Corporation
ICSM IBM Cluster Systems
Manager
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
ISA Industry Standard
Architecture
I/O Input/Output
IC Integrated Circuit
IPC Interprocess Communication
ITSO International Technical
Support Organization
LAN Local Area Network
MIB Management Information
Base
MSCS Microsoft Cluster Server
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NIC Network Interface Card
NTFS Windows NT File System
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
POST Power-on Self-test
PFA Predictive Failure Analysis
PDC Primary Domain Controller
RAID Redundant Array of
Independent Disks
RWC Remote Workstation Control
SD Sales and Distribution, SAP
R/3 module
SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology
SSA Serial Storage Architecture
SCF Service Configuration File,
Netfinity Manager
SCA Single Connector Attach
SNMP Simple Network Management
Protocol
SCSI Small Computer Systems
Interface
SWG SMART Working Group
SCU System Configuration Utility
SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing
SMS Systems Management Server,
Microsoft
UPS Uninterruptable Power Source
VGA Video Graphics Array
VPD Vitual Product Data
WAN Wide Area Network
WB Write-Back, IBM ServeRAID
Adapter
WT Write-Through, IBM
ServeRAID Adapter
ZIF Zero Insertion Force