Glossary - Intel S5000XVNSATA Specification

Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN TPS
This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use,
numeric entries are listed first (for example, "82460GX") with alpha entries following (for
example, "AGP 4x"). Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms
following.
Term
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
AP Application Processor
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Control
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASMI Advanced Server Management Interface
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIST Built-In Self Test
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
Bridge Circuitry connecting one computer bus to another, allowing an agent on one to access the other
BSP Bootstrap Processor
byte 8-bit quantity.
CBC Chassis Bridge Controller (A microcontroller connected to one or more other CBCs, together they
bridge the IPMB buses of multiple chassis.
CEK Common Enabling Kit
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CMOS In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes
of memory, which normally resides on the server board.
DPC Direct Platform Control
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EHCI Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EMP Emergency Management Port
EPS External Product Specification
ESB2 Enterprise South Bridge 2
FBD Fully Buffered DIMM
F MB Flexible Mother Board
FRB Fault Resilient Booting
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FSB Front Side Bus
GB 1024 MB
GPIO General Purpose I/O
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
HSC Hot-Swap Controller
Hz Hertz (1 cycle/second)
I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
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IBF Input Buffer
ICH I/O Controller Hub
IC MB Intelligent Chassis Management Bus
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