Ethernet Adapter Installation and Support Guide

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ISO 8859
ISO 8859. A series of ISO standard 8-bit code sets used to represent languages based on
many alphabets, including Roman, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Arabic. The
ISO 8859 code sets are used in international applications that must be data
transparent. ASCII is a subset of each of the ISO 8859 code sets.
ISO 10646. A universal coded character set that represents all characters and symbols from
all commonly used scripts and languages.
ISO/IEC-conforming POSIX.1 application. An application that both:
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Uses only the facilities described in ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and approved
conforming language bindings for any ISO or IEC standard.
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Is documented as using only those facilities and approved conforming language
bindings.
isolated ground. A grounding conductor that directly connects the equipment ground
through an isolated ground-type receptacle with the power system grounding point
without any intermediate grounding points.
isolation transformer. A transformer containing electrostatic shields between the primary
and secondary windings, with no direct electrical path between the primary and
secondary windings.
ISP. See intelligent SCSI processor (ISP).
ISV. See installation subvolume (ISV).
JDS box. See ServerNet extender module (SEM).
job control. The Open System Services (OSS) features that allow processes to be stopped,
continued, and moved from or to the background.
KB. See kilobyte (KB).
Kernel subsystem. In G-series release version updates (RVUs), the subsystem for
configuration and management of the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) subsystem
managers that are generic processes, some system attributes, and the ServerNet X
and Y fabrics.
Kernel subsystem manager process. The generic process that starts and manages other
generic processes, some system attributes, and the ServerNet X and Y fabrics in
G-series release version updates (RVUs). The $ZZKRN Kernel subsystem manager
process is started and managed by the $ZPM persistence manager process.
kilobyte (KB). A unit of measurement equal to 1024 bytes. See also gigabyte (GB),
megabyte (MB), and terabyte (TB).
K-series servers. See HP NonStop™ K-series servers.