Avago Technologies AcceleRAID 170LP - Manual (Page 73)

Glossary
Manual No. DB11-000024-00 G-15
I
2
O
Intelligent Input/Output, a driver that uses special I/O processes to eliminate
I/O bottlenecks. The processes deal with interrupt handling, buffering, and
data transfer. An I
2
O driver also includes an OS-specific module (OSM),
which handles higher-level OS details, and a hardware device module
(HDM), which knows how to communicate with certain devices.
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture, a standard bus (computer interconnection)
architecture associated with the IBM® AT® motherboard. It allows 16 bits
at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot
card and its associated device(s).
JBOD
Just A Bunch of Disks (Drives), a number of disk drives, usually in an
enclosure. JBOD implies that the disks do not use RAID technology and
function independently. All Mylex RAID controllers support JBOD mode.
See also RAID Levels.
Jumper
A short piece of electrical conductor encased in plastic used to connect pins
on a device to provide settings that the user can change. The settings remain
constant during operation. For example, jumpers often set SCSI ID,
termination, and IDE master/slave settings.
Kilobyte
2
10
(1,024). Abbreviated as K or KB.
LAN
Local Area Network, a network of interconnected workstations sharing the
resources of a single processor or server, typically within the area of a small
office building.