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.