130 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
LUN logical unit number
MAC media access control
MES Miscellaneous Equipment
Specification
MPI Message Passing Interface
MSIM Multi-Switch Interconnect Module
MSP mover service partition
MTU maximum transmission unit
NASA National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NDP Neighbor Discovery Protocol
NEBS Network Equipment Building
System
NGN next-generation network
NIM Network Installation Management
NL near line
NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization
NVRAM non-volatile random access
memory
OS operating system
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDU power distribution unit
PHB processor host bridge
POST power-on self test
PS Personal System
PVID Port VLAN Identifier
PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
QDR quad data rate
RAID redundant array of independent
disks
RAS remote access services; row
address strobe
RDIMM registered DIMM
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter
SAN storage area network
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SATA Serial ATA
SCM Supply Chain Management
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SEA Shared Ethernet Adapter
SER soft error
SFP small form-factor pluggable
SLB Segment Lookaside Buffer
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
SMS System Management Services
SMT Simultaneous Multithread
SNMP Simple Network Management
Protocol
SOI silicon-on-insulator
SOL Serial over LAN
SPCN System Power Control Network
SRAM static RAM
SSA serial storage architecture
SSD solid state drive
SSH Secure Shell
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSP Serial SCSI Protocol
SUE Special Uncorrectable Error
SWMA Software Maintenance Agreement
TB terabyte
TCO total cost of ownership
TL technology level
TPMD thermal and power management
device
TTY teletypewriter
USB universal serial bus
VASI Virtual Asynchronous Services
Interface
VESA Video Electronics Standards
Association
VID VLAN Identifier
VIOS Virtual I/O Server
VLAN virtual LAN
VLP very low profile
VOIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VPD vital product data
WOL Wake on LAN
WWPN World Wide Port Name