Users Guide

122 Glossary
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.
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6.
IRQ
Abbreviation for interrupt request. A signal that data is about to be sent to or
received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor.
Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example,
the first serial port in your system (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default.
Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both
devices simultaneously.
iSCSI
Acronym for Internet SCSI. An IP based storage networking standard for
linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks,
iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage
over long distances.
JSSE
Abbreviation for Java™ Secure Socket Extension.
Kerberos
A network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide strong authentication
for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography.
LDAP
Acronym for lightweight directory access protocol. A networking protocol for
querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP.
LPTn
The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your system
are LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3.
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