Owner's Manual

Glossary 61
Interactive mode
The method by which you can install DUPs interactively through a GUI.
IPMI
Acronym for Intelligent Platform Management Interface. The Intelligent
Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification defines a set of common
interfaces to computer hardware and firmware, which system administrators can
utilize to monitor the system health and manage the system.
ITA
Acronym for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant. ITA provides a central point of
access to monitor and manage systems on a local area network (LAN) or wide area
network (WAN). It helps you to identify the groups of systems that you want to
manage remotely and provides a consolidated view of all systems, giving you a
central launch point for managing these systems.
PERC
Expandable RAID controller. A RAID controller is a device which manages the
physical storage units in a RAID system, and presents them to the computer as
logical units.
pre-operating system environment
A shell environment used to configure system hardware before a major operating
system, such as Microsoft Windows or Linux, is installed.
RAC
Acronym for remote access controller.
RAID
Acronym for redundant array of independent disks.
repository
Repository is a database on the Dell Server Updates DVD that contains the
updated BIOS, firmware, and driver components for Dell systems. The repository
organizes these components into sets of updates for each supported system that,
when applied, updates at one time all system components that require updates.
Alternately, you can browse the repository for updatable systems and components
without running the update application. You can access the repository for both
Windows and Linux systems on the
Dell Server Updates DVD.