Able, Bbreviations – ADLINK aTCA-N700 User Manual

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aTCA-N700 SW Users Guide


Table 1-1 Abbreviations

Terms

Description

ATCA

Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture

Base Interface

ATCA Base Interface on the Zone-2 connectors to connect to
the dual HUBs, 4 differential pairs per Base Channel.

Blade

A printed circuit board assembly that plugs into a chassis

BSP

Board Support Package

Boot-flash

Flash memory where the bootloader program is stored

Bootloader (bootrom)

Code used to boot the System before loading OS

DDR

Double Data Rate DRAM memory

DIMM

Dual Inline Memory Module

ECC

Error Correction Control

E-keying

Standard defined by PICMG useful to verify whether the
ATCA blade plugged in is compliant to the fabric link
capabilities

Fabric Interface

ATCA Fabric Interface on the Zone-2 connectors to connect
to the dual Switch Fabric Blades

Fabric Slot

A slot supporting a link connection to/from each node slot

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

GPIO

General Purpose Input/Output

Hot-swap

Functions of replacing system components without shutting
down the system

IPMB

Intelligent Platform Management Bus

IPMB-L

IPMB Local interface

IPMC

Intelligent Platform Management Controller

IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface

JTAG

Joint Test Action Group

LMP

Local Management CPU

MAC

Media Access Controller

MMC

Module Management Controller (on RTM or AMC)

NP or NPU

Network Processor Unit

PCI Peripheral

Component

Interconnect

PCIe Peripheral

Component

Interconnect-Express

PHY

Physical Layer or Physical Layer Device

PICMG

PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group

RGMII

Reduced Gigabit Medium Independent Interface

RXAUI

Reduced XAUI, having 2 [email protected]

RTM

Rear Transition Module

SDR

Sensor Data Record

SDRAM Synchronous

Dynamic Random Access Memory

SFP

Small Form Pluggable (1G interface)

SFP+

Small Form Pluggable Plus (10G interface)

SGMII

Serial Gigabit Medium Independent Interface

SOL

Serial Over LAN

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface Bus

QSFP+

Quad Small Form Pluggable Plus (40G interface)

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter

VLP

Very Low Profile, DRAM Module Form Factor Spec

XAUI

10 Gigabit (X) Attachment Unit Interface, having 4
[email protected]

XLAUI

40 Gigabit (XL) Attachment Unit Interface



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