IBM NeXtScale System User Manual

Abbreviations and acronyms 241
NVRAM non-volatile random access
memory
OEM other equipment
manufacturer
OFED OpenFabrics Enterprise
Distribution
OS operating system
OVS Oversubscription
PAC Platform Application Center
PAMI Parallel Active Messaging
Interface
PCH Platform Controller Hub
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PCI-E PCI Express
PDF Portable Document Format
PDU power distribution unit
PE Preinstallation Environment
PEF platform event filtering
PET Platform Event Trap
PF power factor
PFA Predictive Failure Analysis
POE Proofs of Entitlement
POSIX Portable Operating System
Interface
PSU power supply unit
PTP Parallel Tools Platform
PXE Preboot eXecution
Environment
QDR quad data rate
QPI QuickPath Interconnect
RA read ahead
RAID redundant array of
independent disks
RAM random access memory
RAS remote access services; row
address strobe
RDIMM registered DIMM
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RMC Resource Monitoring and
Control
ROC RAID-on-card
RSS Receive-side scaling
RTM release to manufacturing
SAN storage area network
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SATA Serial ATA
SCO Santa Cruz Operation, Inc
SCTP Stream Control Transmission
Protocol
SDDC Single Device Data Correction
SE Standard Edition
SEL System Event Log
SFP small form-factor pluggable
SGMII Serial Gigabit Media
Independent Interface
SIG
Special Interest Group
SKU stock-keeping unit
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server
SLP Service Location Protocol
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management
Protocol
SOL Serial over LAN
SR-IOV single root I/O virtualization
SS simple swap
SSCT Standalone Solution
Configuration Tool
SSD solid state drive
SSH Secure Shell
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
TB terabyte
TCP/IP Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol

IBM NeXtScale System Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	NeXtScale System
Category	Server
Language	English