Dell PowerVault 745N - Manual (Page 11)

ROM
Read-only memory. Your system contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code. A ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your
system. Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your system's boot routine and the POST.
ROMB
RAID on Motherboard
rpm
Revolutions per minute
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment; a standard interface between the system board and storage devices
SCSI
Small computer system interface; an I/O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports
SDRAM
Synchronous dynamic random-access memory
sec
Second(s)
serial port
An I/O port used most often to connect a modem to your system. You can usually identify a serial port on your system by its 9-pin connector.
service tag
A bar code label on the system used to identify it when you call Dell for technical support
SMART
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology; allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS and then display an error message
on the screen
SMP
Symmetric multiprocessing; used to describe a system that has two or more processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by an operating
system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol; a standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations
striping
Disk striping writes data across three or more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of the space on each disk. The amount of space used by a "stripe" is
the same on each disk used. A virtual disk may use several stripes on the same set of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID.
SVGA
Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous
standards.
system board