Dell PowerVault 220S (SCSI) User Manual

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Glossary: Dell PowerVault 220S and 221S Systems User's Guide

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Abbreviation for direct current.

DIN

Acronym for Deutsche Industrie Norm.

DMI

Abbreviation for Desktop Management Interface. DMI enables the management of your system's software and hardware. DMI

collects information about the system's components, such as the operating system, memory, peripherals, expansion cards,

and asset tag. Information about the system's components is displayed as a MIF file or through the Dell Inspector program.

EEPROM

Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read-only memory.

EMM

Acronym for Enclosure Management Module.

EPROM

Acronym for erasable programmable read-only 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.

F

Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.

GB

Abbreviation for gigabyte(s). A gigabyte equals 1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

HBA

Abbreviation for host bus adapter.

host adapter

A host adapter implements communication between the system's bus and the controller for a peripheral device. (Hard-disk

drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry.) To add a SCSI expansion bus to your system, you must

install or connect the appropriate host adapter.

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