Users Guide

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DRAC III
Acronym for Dell Remote Access Controller III.
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DRAC III/XT
Acronym for Dell Remote Access Controller III/XT.
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DRAM
Acronym for dynamic random-accessmemory.Asystem'sRAMisusuallymadeupentirelyofDRAMchips.BecauseDRAMchipscannotstoreanelectricalcharge
indefinitely, your system continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the system.
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ERA
Abbreviation for embedded remote access.
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ERA/MC
Abbreviation for embedded remote access modular computer. See modular system.
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ERA/O
Abbreviation for embedded remote access option.
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expansion-card connector
A connector on the system's system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card.
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extended memory
RAM above 1 MB. Most software that can use it, such as the Microsoft®Windows®operating system, requires that extended memory be under the control of
an XMM.
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external cache memory
A RAM cache using SRAM chips. Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips, the microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions
faster from external cache memory than from RAM.
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F
Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.
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FAT
Acronym for file allocation table. FAT and FAT32 are file systems that are defined as follows:
l FAT — The operating system maintains a table to keep track of the status of various segments of disk space used for file storage.
l FAT32 — A derivative of the FAT file system. FAT32 supports smaller cluster sizes than FAT, thus providing more efficient space allocation on
FAT32drives.
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Fibre Channel
A data transfer interface technology that allows for high-speed I/O and networking functionality in a single connectivity technology. The Fibre Channel
Standard supports several topologies, including Fibre Channel Point-to-Point, Fibre Channel Fabric (generic switching topology), and Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loop (FC_AL).
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