User's Manual

218 Glossary

Abbreviation for identification.

iDRAC

Acronym for integrated Dell Remote Access Controller.

IHV

Acronym for independent hardware vendor. IHVs often develop their own MIBs

for components that they manufacture.

interlacing

A technique for increasing video resolution by only updating alternate horizontal

lines on the screen. Because interlacing can result in noticeable screen flicker, most

users prefer noninterlaced video adapter resolutions.

internal microprocessor cache

An instruction and data cache built in to the microprocessor. The Intel Pentium

microprocessor includes a 16-KB internal cache, which is set up as an 8-KB read-

only instruction cache and an 8-KB read/write data cache.

Internal USB

Internal USB flash drive is an additional storage device. Internal USB enhances

virtualization capabilities.

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from

one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer (known as a host) on

the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other

computers on the Internet.

IPMI

Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface, which is an industry

standard for management of peripherals used in enterprise computers based on

Intel architecture. The key characteristic of IPMI is that inventory, monitoring,

logging, and recovery control functions are available independent of the main

processors, BIOS, and operating system.

IPX

Acronym for internetwork packet exchange.