Dell PowerEdge T100 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 149

Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows hard drives - virtualization

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rpm - Revolutions per minute. RTC - Real-time clock. SAS - Serial-attached SCSI. SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A standard interface between the system board and storage devices. SCSI - Small computer system interface. An I/O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports. SDRAM - Synchronous dynamic random-access memory. sec - Second(s). serial port - An I/O port used most often to connect a modem to your system. You can usually identify a serial port on your system by its 9-pin connector. service tag - A bar code label on the system used to identify it when you call Dell for technical support. simple disk volume - The volume of free space on a single dynamic, physical disk. SMART - Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS and then display an error message on the screen. SMP - Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that has two or more processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by an operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations. spanning - Spanning, or concatenating, disk volumes combines unallocated space from multiple disks into one logical volume, allowing more efficient use of all the space and all drive letters on a multiple-disk system. striping - Disk striping writes data across three or more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of the space on each disk. The amount of space used by a "stripe" is the same on each disk used. A virtual disk may use several stripes on the same set of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. SVGA - Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards. system board - As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your system's integral components, such as the processor, RAM, controllers for peripherals, and various ROM chips. system configuration information - Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation. Glossary 149

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Glossary
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rpm
— Revolutions per minute.
RTC
— Real-time clock.
SAS
— Serial-attached SCSI.
SATA
— Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A standard interface between the
system board and storage devices.
SCSI
— Small computer system interface. An I/O bus interface with faster data
transmission rates than standard ports.
SDRAM
— Synchronous dynamic random-access memory.
sec
— Second(s).
serial port
— An I/O port used most often to connect a modem to your system. You
can usually identify a serial port on your system by its 9-pin connector.
service tag
— A bar code label on the system used to identify it when you call Dell for
technical support.
simple disk volume
— The volume of free space on a single dynamic, physical disk.
SMART
— Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows hard drives to
report errors and failures to the system BIOS and then display an error message on the
screen.
SMP
— Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that has two or more
processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by an operating system,
where each processor has equal access to I/O devices.
SNMP
— Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard interface that allows a
network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations.
spanning
— Spanning, or concatenating, disk volumes combines unallocated space
from multiple disks into one logical volume, allowing more efficient use of all the
space and all drive letters on a multiple-disk system.
striping
— Disk striping writes data across three or more disks in an array, but only
uses a portion of the space on each disk. The amount of space used by a "stripe" is the
same on each disk used. A virtual disk may use several stripes on the same set of disks
in an array. See also
guarding
,
mirroring
, and
RAID.
SVGA
— Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video
adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards.
system board
— As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of
your system’s integral components, such as the processor, RAM, controllers for
peripherals, and various ROM chips.
system configuration information
— Data stored in memory that tells a system what
hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation.