Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which is a code representation used for displaying or printing letters, numbers, and other characters.
Acronym for basic input/output system, which is the part of system software that provides the lowest-level interface to peripheral devices and which controls the first stage of the system boot process, including installation of the operating system into memory.
A set of conductors connecting the various functional units in a computer. Busses are named by the type of data they carry, such as data bus, address bus, or PCI bus.
Acronym for Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol, which is an authentication method used by PPP servers to validate the identity of the originator of the connection.
Console redirection is a function that directs a managed system's display screen, mouse functions, and keyboard functions to the corresponding devices on a management station. You may then use the management station's system console to control the managed system.
Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, which is a protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a local area network.
Abbreviation for embedded systems management, which is a set of instruction coding in system software and firmware that notifies a user about potential hardware problems on a Dell system.
Abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time, which is the standard time common to every place in the world. GMT nominally reflects the mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK.
Abbreviation for graphical user interface, which refers to a computer display interface that uses elements such as windows, dialog boxes, and buttons as opposed to a command prompt interface, in which all user interaction is displayed and typed in text.
Communication with the DRAC III or the managed system through the DRAC III remote access ports, which include: Ethernet(embedded NIC), modem (optional), and VT-100 serial (optional).
Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect, which is a standard interface and bus technology for connecting peripherals to a system and for communicating with those peripherals.
Abbreviation for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, which is a technology standard for connecting PCMCIA devices to systems.PCMCIA devices are about the size of a credit card and are mainly used in notebook computers, although the DRAC III supports an optional PCMCIA modem.
Abbreviation for Point-to-Point Protocol, which is the Internet standard protocol for transmitting network layer datagrams (such as IP packets) over serial point-to-point links.
Acronym for remote access service, which is a service provided by some Microsoft® Windows® operating systems that allows most of the services that would be available on a network to be accessed over a modem. The service includes support for dial-up and logon tasks and presents the same network interface as the normal network drivers used for the NIC.
Abbreviation for Red Hat Package Manager, which is a package-management system for Red Hat Linux that helps installation of software packages. It is similar to an installation program.
Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol, which is a protocol designed to manage nodes on an IP network. DRAC IIIs are SNMP-managed devices (nodes).
A notification (event) generated by the DRAC III or ESM that contains information about state changes on the managed system or about potential hardware problems.
Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, which represents the set of standard Ethernet protocols that includes the network layer and transport layer protocols.
Abbreviation for Trivial File Transfer Protocol, which is a simple file transfer protocol used for downloading boot code to diskless devices or systems.
