Glossary

This list defines abbreviations and acronyms in the Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems and in the Sun Management Center graphical user interface (GUI) for Sun Fire 15K/12K system-specific modules.


A

ABUS

address bus

AC

alternating current input from the power supply

ACL

Access Control List in the Sun Management Center GUI, is the same as

Available Component List in System Management Services (SMS)

AMX

address multiplexer ASIC

AR

address register ASIC

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

ASM

Advanced System Monitoring

ASR

Automatic System Recovery

AXQ

system address controller ASIC


C

C

Celsius

CBH

console bus hub

CLI

command-line interface

COD

Capacity on Demand option

CP

centerplane (Sun Fireplane interconnect)

CPU

central processing unit

CS or CSB

centerplane support board


D

DARB

data arbiter ASIC

DAT

digital audio tape

DBUS

data bus

DC

direct current from the facility power source

dca

Domain Configuration Administration

DCR

Domain Config Reader

Dcache

data cache

DDS

digital data storage

DIMM

dual inline memory module

DMX

data multiplexer ASIC

DNS

Domain Name Service

DR

Dynamic Reconfiguration

dsmd

Domain Service Monitoring Daemon

DX

data extract ASIC

x/dxs

Domain X Server, where x is domain a-r


E

Ecache

external cache

ECC

error-correcting code

efe

Event Front-end Daemon

esmd

Environmental Status Monitoring Daemon

EX or EXB

expander board


F

fomd

Failover Management Daemon

frad

FRU Access Daemon

FRU

field-replaceable unit

FT

fan tray


G

GUI

graphical user interface


H

HK

housekeeping

HPCI, hPCI, or hsPCI

hot-swap PCI assembly

HPCI+, hPCI+, or hsPCI+

hot-swap PCI plus assembly

HUP

hang-up signal

hwad

Hardware Access Daemon


I

Icache

instruction cache

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ID

identifier

IO

input/output board, such as MaxCPU board or hsPCI board

IOA

input/output adapter

IP

Internet Protocol


K

kmd

Key Management Daemon


M

mand

Management Network Daemon

MB

megabyte

MCPU

MaxCPU board

MHz

megahertz

MIB

management information base

mld

Message Logging Daemon


N

NIC

network interface card

NIS

Network Information Services


O

OBP

OpenBoot PROM

OID

object identifier

osd

OpenBoot PROM Support Daemon


P

Paroli

parallel optical link

pcd

Platform Configuration Daemon

PCI

peripheral component interconnect

PCR

Platform Config Reader

PDSM

Platform/Domain State Management

PFA

predictive failure analysis

POR

power-on reset

POST

power-on self-test

PROC

processor

PROM

programmable read-only memory

PS

power supply


R

RBUS

response bus

RIO

read input/output ASIC

RMX

response multiplexer ASIC

RSM

remote shared memory

RT

real-time process


S

SAN

storage area network

SB

system board, such as CPU board

SBBC

Sun Fire boot bus controller

SC

system controller

SCM

System Controller Monitoring

SCSI

small computer system interface

SDC

Sun Fire data controller ASIC

SDI

system data interface ASIC, which has six copies on the expander board

SDI0

system data interface master ASIC; master of five copies of the system data interface ASIC

SDI3

third of five copies of the system data interface ASIC

SDI5

fifth of six copies of the system data interface ASIC

SEEPROM

serially electrically erasable PROM

SIMM

single inline memory module

SMS

System Management Services

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SRS

Sun Remote Services

ssd

SMS Startup Daemon

SSM

scalable shared memory

SYS

system process


T

tmd

Task Manager Daemon

TNG

the next generation

TS

time-sharing process


U

UPA

UltraSPARCtrademark port architecture


V

V

volts or voltage

VDC

volts direct current


W

WCI

Sun Fire Link interface ASIC

WcApp

Sun Fire Link and Sun Fire 15K/12K SMS interface daemon

WPCI

Sun Fire Link PCI

wrsm

Sun Fire Link Remote Shared Memory driver

wssm

Sun Fire Link Scalable Shared Memory driver