The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this document.
Term | Definition |
AAA | Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
AD | Active Directory |
AE | Account Executive |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AMR | Autonomous Mobile Robot |
API | Application Programming Interface |
BOSS | Boot-Optimized Storage System |
CA | Certificate Authority |
CNSA | Commercial National Security Algorithm |
Cobot | Collaborative robot that operates alongside humans in a shared workspace |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CSR | Certificate Signing Request |
DISA | Defense Information System Agency |
DN | Distinguished Name |
DNS | Domain Name Service |
DRS | Distributed Resource Scheduler |
DVD | Dell Validated Design |
ESXi | ESX Integrated |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
FTT | Failure to Tolerate |
GB | Giga-Byte |
GbE | Gigabit Ethernet |
GCCS | Global Client and Compute Sales Representative |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
HA | High Availability |
HCI | Hyper-Converged Infrastructure |
HTTPS | Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure |
iDRAC | Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller |
I/O | Input/Output |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IT | Information Technology |
KVM | Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
LACP | Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over Transport Layer Security |
MIL-STD | Military Standard |
MFC | Micro-Fulfillment Center |
ML | Machine Learning |
NEBS | Network Equipment-Building System |
NFS | Network File System |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express |
OpEx | Operating Expense |
OS | Operating System |
PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PL | Performance Level |
PSC | Platform Services Controller |
PSU | Power Supply Unit |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QEMU | A machine emulator and virtualizer |
RaaS | Robotics as a Service |
RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
RBAC | Role-Based Access Control |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
RMS | Robotics Management System |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
RP4VM | Recovery Point for Virtual Machine |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SAS | Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface |
SAS | Shared Access Signature |
SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
SC | System Consultant |
SCV | Secured Component Verification |
SDS | Software Defined Storage |
SEKM | Secure Enterprise Key Management |
SFP | Small Form-Factor Pluggable |
SI | System Integrator |
SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
SKU | Stock Keeping Unit |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SRM | Site Recovery Manager |
SRP/CS | Safety-Related Parts of Control System |
SSD | Solid State Drive |
SSH | Secure Shell Socket |
SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
STIG | Security Technical Implementation Guide |
S2D | Storage Spaces Direct (software-defined storage solution) |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
U | (Rack) Unit |
UDP | User datagram Protocol |
UI | User Interface |
UPH | Units Per Hour |
URL | Universal Resource Locator |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
vRPA | virtual RecoverPoint Appliance |
vSAN | virtual Storage Area Network |
WES | Warehouse Execution System |
WMS | Warehouse Management System |
x86 | Intel Processor Platform |