Acronyms and abbreviations
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BMC baseboard management controller
CLI Command Line Interface
CLP command line protocol
CMS central management server
CR carriage return
DCMI Data Center Manageability Interface
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
EMS Emergency Management Services
HTTP hypertext transfer protocol
IP Internet Protocol
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
JVM Java Virtual Machine
KVM keyboard, video, and mouse
LO100 HP Lights-Out 100
MAC Media Access Control
NIC network interface card
OS operating system
PEF Platform Event Filtering
PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail
PET Platform Event Trap
POST Power-On Self Test
RBSU ROM-Based Setup Utility
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware
SSH Secure Shell
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
UID unit identification
URL uniform resource locator
VLAN virtual local area network
VNC virtual network computing
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