Dell PE R720XD Manual

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1Dell™ GlossaryNOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the StorageNetworking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click on thedictionary.A — Ampere(s).AC — Alternating current.ACPI — Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. A standard interface forenabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management.ambient temperature — The temperature of the area or room where the system islocated.ANSI — American National Standards Institute. The primary organization fordeveloping technology standards in the U.S.asset tag — An individual code assigned to a system, usually by an administrator, forsecurity or tracking purposes.backup — A copy of a program or data file. As a precaution, back up your system’shard drive(s) on a regular basis.blade — A module that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. The modulesare mounted into a chassis that includes power supplies and fans.BMC — Baseboard management controller.bootable media — A CD, diskette, or USB memory key that is used to start yoursystem if the system will not boot from the hard drive.BTU — British thermal unit.bus — An information pathway between the components of a system. Your systemcontains an expansion bus that allows the processor to communicate with controllersfor the peripheral devices connected to the system. Your system also contains anaddress bus and a data bus for communications between the processor and RAM.C — Celsius.cache — A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quick dataretrieval.CA — Certificate authority.CIM — Common Information Model describes the management information utilizedby the DMTF. It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIBdata from SNMP agents.cm — Centimeter(s).