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GPFS
General Parallel File System
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GSS
GPFS Storage Server
GT
Gigatransfers
GUI
graphical user interface
HBA
host bus adapter
HCA
host channel adapter
HDD
hard disk drive
HDFS
HFI
HMC
Hardware Management
Console
HPC
high performance computing
HPCT
HPL
HSS
I/O
input/output
I/OAT
I/O Acceleration Technology
IB
InfiniBand
IB/E
IBM
International Business
Machines
ID
identifier
IDE
integrated drive electronics
IEC
International Electrotechnical
Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
II
III
IMM
integrated management
module
IMPI
IOPS
I/O operations per second
IP
Internet Protocol
IPMI
Intelligent Platform
Management Interface
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ISO
International Organization for
Standards
IT
information technology
ITSO
International Technical
Support Organization
JBOD
just a bunch of disks
KB
kilobyte
KCO
KVM Conversion Option
KVM
keyboard video mouse
KW
Kilowatt
LAN
local area network
LAPI
Low-level application
programming interface
LCD
liquid crystal display
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol
LED
light emitting diode
LFF
large form factor
LLC
last level cache
LP
low profile
LRDIMM
load-reduced DIMM
LSB
least significant bit
LSF
Load Sharing Facility
LSO
large send offload
MAC
media access control
MB
megabyte
MDS
Multilayer Director Switch
MLC
multi-level cell
MPI
Message Passing Interface
MSB
most significant bit
MTM
machine type model
NEMA
National Electrical
Manufacturers Association
NFS
network file system
NIC
network interface card
NTP
Network Time Protocol
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