The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this document.
Term | Definition |
AAA | Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
AC | Alternating Current (voltage) |
AD | Active Directory |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
API | Application Programming Interface |
AR | Augmented Reality |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
AWS | Amazon Web Services |
BOSS | Boot-Optimized Storage System |
BTU | British Thermal Unit |
C | Centigrade |
CA | Certificate Authority |
CapEx | Capital Expense |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CSMA-CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DIMM | Dual In-line Memory Module |
DMZ | DeMilitarized Zone |
DNS | Domain Name Service |
DNV-GL | Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd |
DR | Disaster Recovery |
DRS | Distributed Resources Scheduler |
DVD | Dell Validated Design |
EGW | Dell Edge Gateway |
EMI | Electro-Magnetic Interference |
ENI | Ethernet Network Interface |
F | Fahrenheit |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
FTT | Failure to Tolerate |
Ft | (Distance) Feet |
G | (Server) Generation |
GB | Giga-Byte |
GbE | Gigabit Ethernet |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
GUI | Guided User Interface |
HA | High Availability |
HCI | Hyperconverged Infrastructure |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
HDLC | High-Level Data Link Control |
HMI | Human Machine Interface |
HTML5 | Hyper Text Markup Language |
HTTP(S) | Hyper Text Transport Protocol (Secure) |
ID | Identity |
IDMZ | Industrial DeMilitarized Zone |
iDRAC | Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller |
IIoT | Industrial Internet of Things |
IO | Input Output |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture |
ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
IT | Information Technology |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
KG | (Weight) Kilogram |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
LB | (Weight) Pound |
LDAP(S) | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Secure) |
M | (Distance) Meter |
MAC | Media Access Control |
MES | Manufacturing Execution System |
MIL-STD | Military Standard |
ML | Machine Learning |
MM | (Distance) Milimeter |
MQTT | Message Queuing Telemetry Transport |
NFS | Network File System |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
ODBC | Open Database Connectivity |
OEE | Overall Equipment Effectiveness |
OLTP | Online Transaction Processing |
OPC AE | Open Platform Communications Alarms and Events |
OPC DA | Open Platform Communications Data Access |
OPC HDA | Open Platform Communications Historical Data Access |
OPC UA | Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture |
OpEx | Operating Expense |
OPF | Open Packaging Format |
OS | Operating System |
OT | Operational Technology |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
PSC | Platform Services Controller |
PSU | Power Supply Unit |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
RP4VM | Recover Point for Virtual Machine |
RPM | Rotations Per Minute |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
RS | Recommended Standard |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
RTU | Remote Terminal Unit |
SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
SAS | Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface |
SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
SC | System Consultant |
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDP | Streaming Data Platform from Dell |
SDS | Software Defined Storage |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOA | Service-Oriented Architecture |
SPAN | Switched Port Analyzer |
SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server |
SRM | Site Recovery Manager |
SRS | Secure Remote Services |
SSD | Solid State Disk |
SSH | Secure Shell Protocol |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
ToR | Top of Rack |
U | (Rack) Unit |
UI | User Interface |
VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VMDK | Virtual Machine Disk |
vRPA | Virtual RecoverPoint Appliance |
vSAN | Virtual Storage Area Network |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language |