Owner's Manual

62 Glossary
SEL
Acronym for Microsoft Windows System Event Log.
SUU
Acronym for Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility. SUU is one of the
applications used for identifying and applying updates to your system. You can
use SUU to update your Dell system or to view the updates available for any system
supported by SUU. SUU compares the versions of components currently installed
on your system with update components packaged on the
Dell Server Updates
DVD. It then displays a comparison report of the versions and provides the option
of updating the components.
System Software Component
Software elements requiring update to a desired software version for efficient
patch management. The following list includes components which are updated:
• System BIOS
• System firmware, also known as Embedded Server Management (ESM)
firmware
• Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) firmware
• PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) firmware and device drivers
• Network interface card (NIC) drivers
For the current list, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com .
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
A security hardware that provides hardware – based root of trust and can be
leveraged to provide a variety of cryptographic services, such as early
– boot
component checking. BitLocker™ uses a TPM v1.2 with a TCG
– compatible BIOS
to check and validate the integrity of critical early boot components.
Unicode
A fixed width, 16-bit worldwide character encoding, developed and maintained
by the Unicode Consortium.