Upgrading and Repairing Servers

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A cables (SCSI)

A.K. Stamping Company

Aavid Thermalloy LLC

abbreviations, list of

Abit USA Corporation

Abit-USA.com

abstracting storage (capacity planning)

AC connectors

academic licenses

accessing

     BIOS Setup

     server rooms 2nd

     Windows Device Manager

Accurite Technologies

Acer USA

Acme Electric

ACNC SAN array products

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

Acterna, LLC

action summaries (disaster recovery)

active backplane systems

Active Directory

     directory services (NOSs)

     group policies

     introduced with Windows 2000 Server

     remote software installations

active heatsinks 2nd

active SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) terminators

Adaptec

     2810SA SATA RAID controller

     hard disk products

     SAN array products

     SCSI RAID 2130SLP PCI-X HBA

adapters [See also controllers.]

     adapter fault tolerance (AFT)

     host adapters

     network adapters

     troubleshooting 2nd

     video adapters

         memory

         SVGA (Super VGA)

         troubleshooting

adaptive load balancing

addresses

     CHS (cylinder head sector)

         137GB barrier

         8.4GB barrier

         compared to LBA (logical block address)

     Fibre Channel SANs

     LBA (logical block address)

     port addresses

         bus-based device port addresses

         chipset-based device port addresses

         motherboard-based device port addresses

     prefixes for decimal/binary multiples

Adic.com

Adjile Systems SAN array products

Adobe Systems

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

Advanced Digital Information

Advanced ECC (error correcting code)

Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)

Advanced menu (BIOS Setup)

     ATA Configuration submenu

     PCI Configuration menu submenu

     Peripheral Configuration submenu

Advanced Personal Systems

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI)

Advanced Server Management Interface (ASMI)

Advanced Technology (AT) computers

Advisor Media

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) buses 2nd 3rd

AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)

airflow

     air conditioning

     chassis types

         active and passive processor heatsinks

         airducts

         fan arrays

         intake and exhaust case fans

         Intel SC5295-E chassis

         Silent PC Reviews website

         Workstation Cooling Kit installation

     processor wind tunnel (PWT)

     racks 2nd

     server room design 2nd

aisle space (server room design)

AIT format

AKStamping.com

Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Alderwood (Intel 925X) chipsets

alerts (UPSs), nontransmittal of

Alienware

Alitris Management Suites

Alpha processors

     21164

     21264

     21264A

     21264B

     21264C

     21364

     architectural features

     specifications 2nd

AlphaServer Management Station (AMS)

ALPS Electric

AlpsUSA.com

Altair 8800 PC

Alteris, network monitoring features

Altex Electronics

Altiris Americas

Amazon.com

AMD

     Athlon processors

         Athlon MP processors 2nd

         Athlon Opteron 1xx dual-core processors

         Athlon Opteron 1xx processors

         Athlon Opteron 2xx dual-core processors

         Athlon Opteron 2xx processors

         Athlon Opteron 8xx dual-core processors

         Athlon Opteron processors

     chipsets

         AMD-760

         AMD-760MP

         AMD-760MPX

         AMD-761 North Bridge

         AMD-766 South Bridge

         AMD-8111 HyperTransport I/O hub chips

         AMD-8131 HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel chips

         AMD-8151 AGP Graphics tunnel chips

         NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 chips

         NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 chips

         Opteron chipsets

         ServerWorks HT-1000 chips

         ServerWorks HT-2000 chips

     CPUInfo Utility

     Duron processors

     HyperTransport

     K6 processors

     multiple CPU installation 2nd

     Opteron processors 2nd

         100 Series

         200 Series

         800 Series

         dual-core versions

         single-core versions

     socket and slot types

     specifications 2nd

     wattage ranges

AMD64 64-bit processor mode

American Airlines SABRE reservation system

American Megatrends 2nd 3rd

American Online

American Power Conversion 2nd

AMI BIOS POST (power on self test) error codes

AMI.com 2nd

Andromeda Research Labs

ANSI (American National Standards Institute) SCSI standards 2nd 3rd

     data transfer rates

     expanders

     Fast SCSI

     Fiber Channel SCSI

     forward/backward compatibility

     iSCSI

     packetized SCSI

     SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)

     SCSI-1

     SCSI-2 2nd

     SCSI-3 2nd

     signaling 2nd

     table of

     terminators

     Ultra SCSI

     Ultra160 SCSI

     Ultra160+ SCSI

     Ultra2 SCSI

     Ultra3 SCSI

     Ultra320 SCSI

     Ultra4 SCSI

     Ultra5 SCSI

     Ultra640 SCSI

     website

     Wide SCSI

AnswerTrack Trouble Ticket System

Antec SLK1650 ATX tower chassis features

Antec, Inc.

antistatic wrist straps (ESD)

antivirus software 2nd

Anvil Cases

AOL.com

Aopen, Inc.

Apache Directory Server

APC

     InfraStruXure rack system

     UPS Selector tool

APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller)

Apollo Pro 133A chipsets

Apollo Pro 266/266T chipsets

AppEvent.evt (Application logs)

Apple Computers

     Apple I computers

     Apple II computers

     Apple.com

     AppleTalk protocol

     Lisa computers

     Macintosh computers

     Open Directory

AppleTalk protocol

appliance servers 2nd

Application logs (AppEvent.evt)

application servers 2nd

application-layer protocols

applications

     assigned

     assigned port usage

     Linux

     published

     upgrading

arbitrated buses

arbitrated loop networks

Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (AL-PA)

architects, server room design

archives

     Advanced Digital Information

     tape drives

         alternatives to

         DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

         DDS (Digital Data Storage)

         DLT (Digital Linear Tape) 2nd

         driver upgrades

         enterprise units

         firmware updates

         hardware upgrades

         SDLT (Super DLT) 2nd

         summary of standards

         tape autoloaders

         tape libraries

         tape retensioning

         Travan

         troubleshooting

         Ultrium 2nd 3rd

Arco Computer Products

Arcoide.com

Argent

ARI Service

ARlabs.com

arp command (TCP/IP)

ARPAnet

arrays (SANs)

     Network Appliances FAS980 model

     Plasmon FibreArray Extreme

     property considerations

     qualifications of

     RAID

         creating

         failed, rebuilding

     Raidtec CS3102

     Raidtec FlexArray Ultra

     range of implementations

     vendor listing

         ACNC

         Adaptec

         Adjile Systems

         American Megatrends

         ATTO

         Aviv

         Ciprico

         DataDirect Networks

         Dell

         Digi-Data

         Dot Hill

         EMC

         Enhance Technology

         Fujitsu

         Gigatrend

         HP-Compaq

         IBM

         Integrix

         Medea

         MicroNet

         MTI

         nStor

         Procom

         Raidsys

         Raidtec

         Sun

         Western Scientific

         Xiotech

         Xyratec

Arrow Electronics

Arrowfield International

ASP-Shareware.com

ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface)

assigned applications

Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)

associations (SANs)

Astec Power

ASUS Computer International America

AT (Advanced Technology) computers

AT Attachment [See ATA (AT Attachment).]

ATA (AT Attachment)

     advantages of

     ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface)

     backward compatibility

     BIOS

         ATA Configuration menu

         CMOS/BIOS startup problems

         limitations

     buses

     busmaster ATA

     cables

     CHS (cylinder head sector) addressing

         137GB barrier

         8.4GB barrier

         compared to LBA (logical block address)

     commands

     compared to SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

     connectors

         40-pin

         50-pin

         keying

     controllers

     costs

     disk drives

         ATA-3 disk drives

         bus master/slave relationship

         drive capacity limitations

         RAID host adapter support

         Ultra

         Ultra/100

         Ultra/133

         Ultra/66

     DMA (direct memory access)

     dual-drive configurations

         CS (cable select)

         daisy chains

         jumper settings

         master drives

         server platforms

         slave drives

         Small Form Factor (SFF) Committee

     endecs

     hardcards

     history of

     HPAs (host protected areas)

     operating system limitations

     performance issues

     PIO (Programmed I/O) modes

     ports

     prefixes for decimal/binary multiples

     RAID (redundant array of independent disks)

         cost

         Level 0

         Level 1

         Level 10

         Level 2

         Level 3

         Level 4

         Level 6

         RAB (RAID Advisory Board)

     reliability

     SATA (Serial ATA) 2nd

         8B/10B encoding

         AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)

         backward compatibility

         BIOS setup

         data connector pinouts

         differential NRZ (nonreturn to zero)

         power connector pinouts

         Serial ATA Workgroup

         Serial ATA Working Group

         standards

         transfer modes

     signals

     standards

         ATA/ATAPI-6 standard

         ATA/ATAPI-7 standard

         SATA-8 standard 2nd

         table of

         Technical Committee T13

ATA Configuration menu (BIOS Setup)

ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface)

     ATA/ATAPI-6 standard

     ATA/ATAPI-7 standard

     SATA-8 standard 2nd

     server platforms

Athlon 64 chipsets

     AMD-8111 HyperTransport I/O hub chips

     AMD-8131 HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel chips

     AMD-8151 AGP Graphics tunnel chips

     NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 chips

     NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 chips

Athlon MP processors

     chipsets

         AMD-760

         AMD-760MP

         AMD-760MPX

         AMD-761 North Bridge

         AMD-766 South Bridge

     maximum installable memory

     Model 10

     Model 6

     Model 6 OPGA

     Model 8

     Tyan motherboards

ATI Forum

ATI Technologies

ATTO SAN array products

ATX (Advanced Technology Extended) motherboards

     chassis 2nd

     color coding

     compared to Baby-AT and LPX

     compared to Server System Infrastructure (SSI) form factors

     connectors

     cooling features

     development of specification

     Extended ATX specification

     MiniATX specification

     ports

     power supply standards

         ATX12V mode

         ATX1U/2U rack-mounted

         GES

     riser cards

     shape of

audio adapters

audio error codes (POST)

     AMI BIOS

     Award BIOS/Phoenix FirstBIOS

     IBM BIOS

     Phoenix BIOS

         Phoenix BIOS 5.x and earlier

         Phoenix BIOS 6.x and later

audio systems

     Bose

     Creative Labs

     Labtec

AUI connectors

authentication

AuthMark benchmarks

Autodesk, Inc.

autoloaders

     SANs backup tape system

     vendors listing

Automated System Recovery (ASR) 2nd

automatic array building (RAID)

automatic teaming

Autotime

availability measurements (baseline performance data)

availability of servers

Aviv SAN array products

Avocent

Award BIOS

AZ-COM

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