Users Guide

Glossary 107
SMART
Acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology. A technology that allows hard drives to
report errors and failures to the system BIOS, which
then displays an error message on the screen. To take
advantage of this technology, you must have a
SMART-compliant hard drive and the proper support
in the system BIOS.
SMBIOS
Acronym for system management BIOS.
SNMP
Abbreviation for Simple Network Management
Protocol. SNMP, a popular network control and
monitoring protocol, is part of the original TCP/IP
protocol suite. SNMP provides the format in which
vital information about different network devices, such
as network servers or routers, can be sent to a
management application.
SNMP trap
A notification (event) generated by the RAC or
ESM that contains information about state changes on
the managed system or about potential
hardware problems.
SOL
Abbreviation for Serial Over LAN. SOL enables
suitably designed servers to transparently redirect the
serial character stream of a baseboard UART to/from a
remote client over a shared LAN. The architecture
requires software running on the managed system’s
BMC and client software running on a management
station and/or a central network proxy.
SPCR
Abbreviation for Serial Port Console Redirection
table. This table provides information about how the
system firmware and service processor use the out-of-
band (OOB) management port. The SPCR table is
read by the Special Administrative Console (SAC) for
console redirection and configures itself automatically
during a bootable CD installation.
support commands
Commands that specify how an action should
be performed.
syntax
The rules that dictate how you must type a command
or instruction so that the system understands it. A
variable's syntax indicates its data type.
system configuration information
Data stored in memory that tells a system what
hardware is installed and how the system should be
configured for operation.
system diskette
System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.
system memory
System memory is a synonym for RAM.
System Setup utility
A BIOS-based utility that allows you to configure your
system's hardware and customize the system's
operation by setting such features as password
protection and energy management. Some options in
the System Setup utility require that you reboot the
system (or the system may reboot automatically) in
order to make a hardware configuration change.
system.ini file
A start-up file for the Windows operating system.
When you start Windows, it consults the
system.ini
file to determine a variety of options for the Windows
operating environment. Among other things, the
system.ini file records which video, mouse, and
keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.
Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program
may change options in the
system.ini file. On other
occasions, you may need to change or add options to
the
system.ini file manually with a text editor, such
as Notepad.