Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V490 User Manual

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Chapter 6

Diagnostic Tools

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NVRAM

IDPROM

IDPROM, located on
PCI riser board

OBP

Refers to OpenBoot firmware

N/A

PDB

Power Distribution Board

Power distribution
board

PMC

Power Management Controller

PCI riser board

POST

Power-On Self-Test

N/A

RIO

Multifunction integrated circuit bridging the PCI
bus with EBus and USB

PCI riser board

RTC

Real-Time Clock

PCI riser board

RX

Receive – Communication protocol

Centerplane

Safari

The system interconnect architecture—that is, the
data and address buses

CPU/Memory board,
centerplane

Schizo

System bus to PCI bridge integrated circuit

Centerplane

Scan

A means for monitoring and altering the content
of ASICs and system components, as provided for
in the IEEE 1149.1 standard

N/A

SIO

SuperIO integrated circuit – Controls the SC
UART port and more

PCI riser

TX

Transmit – Communication protocol

Centerplane

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter –
Serial port hardware

Centerplane, PCI riser
board, SC card

TABLE 6-13

Abbreviations or Acronyms in Diagnostic Output (Continued)

Term

Description

Associated FRU(s)

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