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motherboard unit
(MBU) The main board assembly to which other boards and components are
connected in the SPARC Enterprise M4000 and SPARC Enterprise M5000
midrange servers.
N
non-operating
temperature range The ambient temperature range to which a system might be subjected without
permanent electrical or mechanical damage.
P
PCI cassette A container for a PCI card. There are two varieties: PCIe and PCI-X.
PCIe See PCI Express.
PCI Express (PCIe) A high-speed serial, point-to-point interconnect.
PCI-X A faster version of the parallel bus PCI standard. The PCI-X bus has improved
protocols and a faster clock rate.
Peripheral Component
Interconnect A bus standard developed by Intel Corporation.
power supply unit
(PSU) Receives AC input and supplies with multiple voltages.
PSU See power supply unit.
S
Service Processor A small system, which operates with an independent processor, and directs the
system start up, reconfiguration, and fault diagnosis, plus giving access to the
domain(s). This is where the system management software (XSCF) runs.
SPARC Enterprise
M4000 server A midrange server containing up to four CPU chips.