Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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EISA system are also compatible with 8- or 16-bit ISA expansion cards.

To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion card, you must use the EISA Configuration Utility. This

utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains the card and obtains information about the card's required system

resources from a corresponding EISA configuration file.

EMC

Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility.

EMI

Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference.

ERA

Abbreviation for embedded remote access. ERA allows you to perform remote server management on your network server

using a DRAC III.

ESD

Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge.

ESM

Abbreviated for embedded server management.

expanded memory

A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB. To enable expanded memory on your system, you must use an EMM. You should

configure your system to support expanded memory only if you run application programs that can use (or require) expanded

memory.

expansion bus

Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for peripheral devices,

such as a network card or an internal modem.

expansion-card connector

A connector on the system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card.

extended memory

RAM above 1 MB. Most software that can use it, such as the Microsoft® Windows® operating system, requires that extended

memory be under the control of an XMM.

external cache memory

A RAM cache using SRAM chips. Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips, the microprocessor

can retrieve data and instructions faster from external cache memory than from RAM.

F

Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.

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