Users Guide

Glossary 285
IPMB
Abbreviation for intelligent platform management bus,
which is a bus used in systems management
technology.
IPMI
Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management
Interface, which is a part of systems management
technology.
Kbps
Abbreviation for kilobits per second, which is a data
transfer rate.
LAN
Abbreviation for local area network.
LDAP
Abbreviation for Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol.
LED
Abbreviation for light-emitting diode.
LOM
Abbreviation for Local area network On Motherboard.
MAC
Acronym for media access control, which is a network
sublayer between a network node and the network
physical layer.
MAC address
Acronym for media access control address, which is a
unique address embedded in the physical components
of a NIC.
managed system
The managed system is the system in which the
DRAC 5 is installed or embedded.
management station
The management station is a system that remotely
accesses the DRAC 5.
MAP
Abbreviation for Manageability Access Point.
Mbps
Abbreviation for megabits per second, which is a data
transfer rate.
MIB
Abbreviation for management information base.
MII
Abbreviation for Media Independent Interface.
NAS
Abbreviation for network attached storage.
NIC
Abbreviation for network interface card. An adapter
circuit board installed in a computer to provide a
physical connection to a network.
OID
Abbreviation for Object Identifiers.
PCI
Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect,
which is a standard interface and bus technology for
connecting peripherals to a system and for
communicating with those peripherals.
POST
Acronym for power-on self-test, which is a sequence of
diagnostic tests that are run automatically by a system
when it is powered on.
PPP
Abbreviation for Point-to-Point Protocol, which is the
Internet standard protocol for transmitting network
layer datagrams (such as IP packets) over serial point-
to-point links.