User`s guide

INTEL® SERVER MANAGER 8.40 SERVER GUIDE FOR WINDOWS
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RAID
Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, a category of disk drives that employ
two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance. RAID disk drives are used
frequently on servers but aren't generally necessary for personal computers.
resolution
The number of tiny individual picture elements ("pixels") of a screen that combine to make up a
screen display. A high resolution (1280 x 1024) uses many more pixels than a low resolution (640
x 480) and yields a sharper screen image. Higher resolutions are generally selected by users with
larger monitors to achieve a more economical use of the large screen's viewing area.
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SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface. A bus type that allows up to seven SCSI devices to be
chained together and share a common bus. Without processor intervention, SCSI devices can
arbitrate which device in the chain has access to the bus at any given time. Two SCSI devices
(such as a SCSI hard drive and a SCSI tape drive) can even relay data directly between each
other without processor intervention.
SDR
Sensor Data Record. A data record that provides platform management sensor type, locations,
event generation, and access information.
secondary cache
Memory cache that uses a cache controller and memory chips that are external to the
microprocessor. Secondary cache does not offer the same degree of speed-up potential as
primary cache. However, it can be considerably larger than a primary cache and therefore hold
more instructions and data.
serial port
A hardware port that is used to connect serial devices (modem, mouse, and keyboard) to the
computer. Serial ports convert the computer's parallel data into serial data that can be sent over a
serial cable one bit (or voltage pulse) at a time. Serial ports and cables are used for long-distance
communication to eliminate the "cross talk" (data from one wire bleeding over onto another) that
can occur with parallel communication over long distances. Serial ports are also used to connect
the mouse and keyboard to a computer. These devices don't send much data and therefore don't
require the extra bandwidth of a parallel cable.
SIMM
Single In-line Memory Module. A small circuit board that contains usually eight or nine memory
chips in a single bank. The SIMM is easily inserted into a socket on the motherboard to increase
the amount of memory available to the computer.
Slot 1
The processor socket type used for some Intel® Pentium® processors. Slot 1 uses a 242-contact
slot that accepts a processor packaged as a Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge. A
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