Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 17)

proxyDHCP Used to ease the transition of PXE clients and servers into an existing network infrastructure. proxyDHCP
provides additional DHCP information that is needed by PXE clients and boot servers without making changes
to existing DHCP servers.
PXE Preboot eXecution Environment. PXE provides a way for a system to initiate a network connection to various
servers prior to loading an OS . This network connection supports a number of standard IP protocols such as
DHCP and TFTP , and can be used for purposes such as software installation and system inventory
maintenance.
RIS Remote Installation Services. A Microsoft service that uses PXE to deliver the Network Bootstrap Program to
start the boot process.
rNDC Rack Network Daughter Card
ROM Read-Only Memory. When used in this guide, ROM refers to a non-volatile memory storage device on a NIC .
TCO Total Cost of Ownership. Studies indicate that the most expensive part of a PC for businesses is not the cost of
the PC itself, but its on-going maintenance and management. This after-purchase cost is tracked as Total Cost
of Ownership. Remote management tools like PXE help lower the overall cost of the ownership.
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol. An industry standard Internet protocol defined by the IETF to enable the
transmission of files across the Internet. Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP, Revision 2) to support the
Network Bootstrap Program (NBP) download is specified by IETF RFC 1350.
uEFI Universal Extensible Firmware Interface
UNDI Universal Network Driver Interface. UNDI is an architectural interface to NIC s. Traditionally NICs have had
custom interfaces and custom drivers (each NIC had a driver for each OS on each platform architecture).
UNDI provides a hardware-dependent mechanism for the PXE base code to use a NIC for network access
without controlling the NIC hardware directly. H/W UNDI is an architectural hardware interface to a NIC; S/W
UNDI is a software implementation of the H/W UNDI.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. The address of a file (resource) accessible on the Internet.
USB Universal Serial Bus. A Plug and Play (PnP) interface between a computer and add-on devices.
WDS Windows Deployment Services
WOL Wake on LAN*
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