L
LDAP Lightweight directory access protocol
LVM Logical volume manager
M
Monarch Designates a single-blade server, or lowest-numbered blade in a conjoined server
MP Management processor
MPS Maximum payload size
N
NIC Network interface card
NVRAM Non-Volatile RAM
O
OA Onboard Administrator
ORCA Option Rom Configuration for Arrays
P
PA-RISC Precision Architecture, Reduced Instruction Set Computing
PCA Printed circuit assembly
PCI Peripheral component interface
PCI-X Peripheral component interconnect extended
PCIe Peripheral component interconnect express
POL Point-of-load
POSSE Pre-OS system startup environment
POST Power-On Self-Test
Q
QPI Intel QuickPath Interconnect
S
SAL System abstraction layer
SAS Serial attached SCSI
SATA Serial ATA
SBA System bus adapter
SEL System event log
SFM System fault management
SGPIO Serial general purpose input/output
SMH System management homepage
SSH Secure Shell
STM Support Tool Manager
T
TLB Translation look-aside buffer
ToC Transfer of control
TPM Trusted platform module
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