Glossary - Sun Microsystems StorEdge A7000 Service Manual

Glossary

ATB Arbitration Termination Board.
BISTs Built-in self-tests; tests built into the processor card.
coldstart to power on the StorEdge A7000 server from a completely-powered off state.
controlled failover to manually put (or vary) channels serviced by the subsystem offline.
DASD Direct Access Storage Device.
DMA Direct Memory Access.
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory storage on the processor card.
dsp1, dsp2 names of the two subsystems in the StorEdge A7000 server.
ECC Error Correction Code.
EDRAM ECC-protected DRAM.
EMI Electromagnetic Interference.
ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection
failover see controlled failover.
FIFO first-in/first-out.
FORM Fiber optic REFLECTIVE MEMORY.
FRU Field-replaceable unit.
FTM Fiber transition module.
GB Gigabyte.
GUI Graphical User Interface; operator communicates with the StorEdge A7000
server through graphical icons, windows, and trackball mouse actions (such as
pointing and clicking).
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