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Table 1-1 Abbreviations
Terms
Description
ATCA
Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture
Base Interface
ATCA Base Interface on the Zone-2 connectors to connect to
the dual HUBs, 4 differential pairs per Base Channel.
Blade
A printed circuit board assembly that plugs into a chassis
BSP
Board Support Package
Boot-flash
Flash memory where the bootloader program is stored
Bootloader (bootrom)
Code used to boot the System before loading OS
DDR
Double Data Rate DRAM memory
DIMM
Dual Inline Memory Module
ECC
Error Correction Control
E-keying
Standard defined by PICMG useful to verify whether the
ATCA blade plugged in is compliant to the fabric link
capabilities
Fabric Interface
ATCA Fabric Interface on the Zone-2 connectors to connect
to the dual Switch Fabric Blades
Fabric Slot
A slot supporting a link connection to/from each node slot
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit
GPIO
General Purpose Input/Output
Hot-swap
Functions of replacing system components without shutting
down the system
IPMB
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMB-L
IPMB Local interface
IPMC
Intelligent Platform Management Controller
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
JTAG
Joint Test Action Group
LMP
Local Management CPU
MAC
Media Access Controller
MMC
Module Management Controller (on RTM or AMC)
NP or NPU
Network Processor Unit
PCI Peripheral
Component
Interconnect
PCIe Peripheral
Component
Interconnect-Express
PHY
Physical Layer or Physical Layer Device
PICMG
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
RGMII
Reduced Gigabit Medium Independent Interface
RXAUI
Reduced XAUI, having 2 [email protected]
RTM
Rear Transition Module
SDR
Sensor Data Record
SDRAM Synchronous
Dynamic Random Access Memory
SFP
Small Form Pluggable (1G interface)
SFP+
Small Form Pluggable Plus (10G interface)
SGMII
Serial Gigabit Medium Independent Interface
SOL
Serial Over LAN
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
QSFP+
Quad Small Form Pluggable Plus (40G interface)
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
VLP
Very Low Profile, DRAM Module Form Factor Spec
XAUI
10 Gigabit (X) Attachment Unit Interface, having 4
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XLAUI
40 Gigabit (XL) Attachment Unit Interface