Users Guide

Glossary 119
PKCS #7
Abbreviation for Public Key Cryptography Standard #7. PKCS #7 is an RSA Data
Security, Inc., standard for encapsulating signed data such as a certificate chain.
PMBus
Power Management Bus
power supply
An electrical system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the
DC currents required by the system circuitry. The power supply in a personal
computer typically generates multiple voltages.
ppm
Abbreviation for pages per minute.
PPP
Abbreviation for Point-to-Point Protocol.
provider
A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed
objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of sources.
Providers forward this information to the CIM Object Manager for integration
and interpretation.
PS
Abbreviation for power supply.
RAC
Acronym for remote access controller.
RAID
Acronym for redundant array of independent disks.
RBAC
Abbreviation for role-based access control.
remote management system
A remote management system is any system that accesses the Server Administrator
home page on a managed system from a remote location using a supported Web
browser. See managed system.
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