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Glossary
B-3 AT8404 User Guide
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DMI Desktop Management Interface
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DTC Data Transfer Controller
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DTS Digital Thermal Sensor in IA32 processors.
ECC Error Checking and Correction
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture. Superset of ISA, 32-bit bus architecture.
EMC ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference
ESD ElectroStatic Discharge
ESI
Enterprise South bridge Interface. Interface to the I/O legacy bridge component of the Intel
ICHx.
ETH Same as Ethernet.
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FI Fabric Interface. Backplane connectivity defined by the ATCA.
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit. Any entity that can be replaced by a user in the field. Not all FRUs are
hot swappable
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FW FirmWare
GARP Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
Gb Gigabit
GB (Same as GByte) GigaByte.
GByte (Same as GB) GigaByte.
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
GHz GigaHertz
GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
GND GrouND
GPIO General Purpose Input Output
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
HPM PICMG Hardware Platform Management specification family
HPM.1 Hardware Platform Management IPM Controller Firmware Upgrade Specification
HW HardWare
I2C Inter Integrated Circuit bus
IO (Same as I/O). Input Output
IOL IPMI-Over-LAN
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IPM Intelligent Platform Management
IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus
Acronyms Descriptions