User Guide

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System Configuration Utility – User Guide
Term
Definition
KVM
Keyboard, video, mouse
LAN
Local area network
LCD
Liquid crystal display
LPC
Low pin count
LUN
Logical unit number
MAC
Media Access Control
MD5
Message Digest 5. A hashing algorithm that provides higher security than MD2.
MIB
Modular information block. A descriptive text translation of a PET event, contained in a MIB file for
use by an SNMP agent hen decoding SEL entries.
ms
Millisecond
MUX
Multiplexer
NIC
Network interface card
NMI
Non-maskable interrupt
OBF
Output buffer
OEM
Original equipment manufacturer
OLTT
Open-loop thermal throttling (memory throttling mode)
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PECI
Platform Environmental Control Interface
PEF
Platform event filtering
PET
Platform event trap
PIA
Platform information area
PLD
Programmable logic device
POST
Power-on self-test
PROM
Programmable read-only memory
PSMI
Power Supply Management Interface
PWM
Pulse Width Modulation. The mechanism used to control the speed of system fans.
RAM
Random Access Memory
RAS
Reliability, availability, and serviceability
RC4
Rivest Cipher 4. A stream cipher designed by Rivest for RSA data security, now RSA security. It is a
variable key-size stream cipher with byte-oriented operations. The algorithm is based on a random
permutation.
RMCP+
Remote Management Control Protocol
ROM
Read-only memory
RTC
Real-time clock
SCI
System Control Interrupt. A system interrupt used by hardware to notify the operating system of
ACPI events.
SDR
Sensor data record
SDRAM
Synchronous dynamic random access memory
SEL
System event log