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MR-IOV
Multi Root I/O Virtualization
MSR
Model Specific Register
N
N+M cold standby
When a failure occurs in a server, the N+M cold standby function allows the server to
failover to a machine that is in standby with power off. When a failure occurs in an
active server blade, failover to the standby blade takes place automatically. The server
that is actively running applications is called the "active blade". The server blade that is
in standby is called the "standby blade".
NIC
Network Interface Card
NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt)
A hardware interrupt issued to the CPU from an external device. An NMI can be used,
for example, to collect OS dump files.
NTP
Network Time Protocol
P
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe
PCI Express
PFC
Priority Flow Control
PXE
Preboot eXecution Environment
Q
QPI
QuickPath Interconnect
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