Reference For Terms In Diagnostic Output; Table 2-14 I; Table 2-15 Abbreviations Or Acronyms In Diagnostic Output - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V440 Diagnostics And Troubleshooting Manual

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I C Bus Devices in a Sun Fire V440 Server (Continued)
TABLE 2-14
Address
dimm-spd@0,e8
dimm-spd@0,ea
dimm-spd@0,ec
Reference for Terms in Diagnostic
Output
The status and error messages displayed by POST diagnostics and OpenBoot
Diagnostics tests occasionally include acronyms or abbreviations for hardware
subcomponents.
TABLE 2-15
and associating the terms with specific FRUs, where appropriate.
Abbreviations or Acronyms in Diagnostic Output
TABLE 2-15
Term Description
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter
APC Advanced Power Control – A function provided
by the Southbridge integrated circuit
Bell A repeater circuit element that forms part of the
system bus
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
DMA Direct Memory Access – In diagnostic output,
usually refers to a controller on a PCI card
HBA Host Bus Adapter
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I C Inter-Integrated Circuit (also written as I2C) – A
bidirectional, two-wire serial data bus. Used
mainly for environmental monitoring and control
IO-Bridge System bus to PCI bridge integrated circuit (same
as "Tomatillo")
JBus The system interconnect architecture—that is, the
data and address buses
Associated FRU
CPU/memory module 3,
DIMM 1
CPU/memory module 3,
DIMM 2
CPU/memory module 3,
DIMM 3
is included to assist you in decoding this terminology
Chapter 2 Diagnostics and the Boot Process
What the Device Does
Contains FRU configuration
information
Contains FRU configuration
information
Contains FRU configuration
information
Associated FRU(s)
Motherboard
Motherboard
Motherboard
Not applicable
PCI card
Motherboard, various
others
Various, see
TABLE 2-14
Motherboard
Motherboard
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