Users Guide

Glossary 135
Glossary
The following list defines technical terms,
abbreviations, and acronyms used in your system
documents.
ACL
Abbreviation for access control list. ACL files are text
files that contain lists that define who can access
resources stored on a Novell
®
Web server.
attribute
As it relates to an attribute is a piece of information
related to a component. Attributes can be combined
to form groups. If an attribute is defined as read-write,
it may be defined by a management application.
beep code
A diagnostic message in the form of a pattern of beeps
from your system's speaker. For example, one beep,
followed by a second beep, and then a burst of three
beeps is beep code 1-1-3.
BIOS
Acronym for basic input/output system. Your system's
BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip.
The BIOS controls the following:
• Communications between the microprocessor and
peripheral devices, such as the keyboard and the
video adapter
• Miscellaneous functions, such as system messages
BMC
Abbreviation for baseboard management controller,
which is a controller that provides the intelligence in
the IPMI structure.
boot routine
When you start your system, it clears all memory,
initializes devices, and loads the operating system.
Unless the operating system fails to respond, you can
reboot (also called warm boot) your system by pressing
<Ctrl><Alt><Del>; otherwise, you must perform a
cold boot by pressing the reset button or by turning the
system off and then back on.
bootable diskette
You can start your system from a diskette. To make a
bootable diskette, insert a diskette in the diskette drive,
type
sys a: at the command line prompt, and press
<Enter>. Use this bootable diskette if your system will
not boot from the hard drive.
bus
An information pathway between the components of a
system. Your system contains an expansion bus that
allows the microprocessor to communicate with
controllers for all the various peripheral devices
connected to the system. Your system also contains an
address bus and a data bus for communications
between the microprocessor and RAM.
CA
Abbreviation for certification authority.
CIM
Acronym for Common Information Model, which is a
model for describing management information from
the DMTF. CIM is implementation independent,
allowing different management applications to collect
the required data from a variety of sources.
CIM includes schemas for systems, networks,
applications and devices, and new schemas will be
added. It provides mapping techniques for interchange
of CIM data with MIB data from SNMP agents.
CI/O
Abbreviation for comprehensive input/output.