The following abbreviations are used in this documentation.
- AC. Alternating Current (electricity)
- A/D. Analog-to-Digital
- AMM. Advanced Management Module
- BEM. Blade Expansion Module
- BIOS. Basic Input/Output System
- BIST. Built-In Self Test
- BSE. Blade Storage Expansion
- BSMP. Blade Service Management Processor (generic term for service
processor BMC or FSP)
- CA. Certificate Authority (encryption)
- CIN. Chassis Internal Network
- CPU. Central Processing Unit
- CRC. Cyclic Redundancy Check
- DASD. Direct Access Storage Device
- DC. Direct Current (electricity)
- DHCP. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DIMM. Dual In-line Memory Module
- DNS. Domain Name Server/Service
- FRU. Field Replaceable Unit
- FTP. File Transfer Protocol
- FW. Firmware
- HTTP. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (web)
- I/O. Input/Output
- IOM. I/O Module
- IP. Internet Protocol
- IPMB. Intelligent Platform Management Bus (server system bus)
- KVM. Keyboard Video Mouse
- LDAP. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (active directory)
- LAN. Local Area Network
- LED. Light-Emitting Diode
- MAC. Machine Address Code
- MIB. Management Information Base
- MM. Management Module
- MT. Media Tray
- MTU. Maximum Transmission Unit
- NAT. Network Address Translation
- NEBS. Network Equipment Building System/Standards (telecommunications)
- NMI. Non-Maskable Interrupt
- NTP. Network Time Protocol
- OID. Object Identifier
- OS. Operating System
- PCI. Peripheral Component Interconnect (bus)
- PFA. Predictive Failure Analysis
- POST. Power-On Self Test
- PXE. Preboot eXecution Environment (network boot)
- RAID. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
- RAM. Random-Access Memory
- SDR. Sensor Data Record
- SEL. System Event Log
- SLP. Service Location Protocol
- SMASH. Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware
- SM BIOS. System Management Basic Input/Output System
- SMTP. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (e-mail)
- SNMP. Simple Network Management Protocol
- SSH. Secure Shell
- SSL. Secure Sockets Layer (web security protocol)
- TCP. Transmission Control Protocol
- TFTP. Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- VPD. Vital Product Data
- XML. eXtensible Markup Language