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Glossary: Intel® Boot Agent User Guide
This Glossary defines terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that apply directly to the Intel® Boot Agent.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
BBS BIOS Boot Specification
BC Basecode. The PXE BaseCode is comprised of a simple network stack (UDP/IP) and a few common network
protocols ( DHCP , ARP, TFTP ) that are useful for remote booting machines.
BINL Binary Image Negotiation Layer
BIOS Basic Input/Output System. The program a personal computer's microprocessor uses to get the computer
system started after you turn it on. It also manages data flow between the computer's OS and attached
devices.
bNDC Blade Network Daughter Card
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol. A legacy remote booting protocol developed originally for use with UNIX*. Used as
Linux*'s server side PXE host software. Runs a Daemon once installed.
CLP Command Line Protocol. The interface used to configure the system at pre-boot.
DDIM Device Driver Initialization Model
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. An industry standard Internet protocol defined by the IETF. DHCP was
defined to dynamically provide communications-related configuration values such as network addresses to
network client computers at boot time. DHCP is specified by IETF RFCs 1534, 2131, and 2132.
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet. FCoE provides the use of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks.
Flash A high-density, truly nonvolatile, high-performance, read-write memory solution, also characterized by low
power consumption, extreme ruggedness, and high reliability.
IA32 Shorthand for computer platforms based on Intel 32-bit architecture CPUs
IA64 Shorthand for computer platforms based on Intel 64-bit architecture CPUs
IAL Intel Architecture Lab
IBA Intel Boot Agent
iSCSI Boot Internet Small Computer System Interface. Intel® Ethernet iSCSI Boot provides the capability to boot from a
remote iSCSI disk volume located on an iSCSI-based Storage Area Network (SAN).
LCM LANDesk* Configuration Manager
LOM LAN On Motherboard. This is a network device that is built onto the motherboard (or baseboard) of the
machine.
NIC Network Interface Card. Also referred to as adapter. Technically, this is a network device that is inserted into a
bus on the motherboard or into an expansion board. For the purposes of this document, the term NIC will be
used in a generic sense, meaning any device that enables a network connection (including LOM s and network
devices on external busses, such as USB , 1394, etc).
OS Operating System
PMM POST Memory Manager. A mechanism used by option ROMs to allocate RAM memory for use during system
startup.
PnP Plug and Play
POST Power On Self-Test