HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 298)

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PAL firmware
The Processor Abstraction Layer is firmware that directly handles all aborts and
initialization and platform management interrupts.
part number
A unique number assigned to a product. The part number can be used for ordering
purposes.
path
The route between a processor and a subsystem. If a subsystem is configured for fault
tolerance, it has both a primary path (from the primary processor) and a backup path
(from the backup processor).
peer service processors (PSPs)
A pair of service processors (X and Y) in a service processor (SP) domain.
See also master service processor (MSP) .
pending incident report
An incident report that has never been delivered to your service provider, either because
delivery to both the primary and the backup sites was unsuccessful or because the
incident report was generated at an
unattended site .
See also periodic incident report , problem incident report , and software configuration
incident report .
periodic incident report
A type of incident report that is generated periodically to test the connection to the
service provider and report the current system configuration. The default frequency is 14
days. Periodic incident reports include the system configuration file as an attachment.
See also problem incident report , software configuration incident report , and pending
incident report .
peripheral device
Any device used by processors to communicate with users or to acquire or store data.
Peripheral devices include terminals, workstations, printers, disk drives, and tape drives.
physical interface (PIF)
The hardware components that connect a system node to a network.
physical location
A three-part identifier that specifies the group number, module number, and slot number