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Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) are a method of signaling interrupts, using special in-band messages to replace traditional out-of-band signals on dedicated interrupt lines. While message signaled interrupts are more complex to implement in a device, they have some significant advantages over pin-based out-of-band interrupt signalling, such ...
Using a standardized interface and protocol allows systems-management software based on IPMI to manage multiple, disparate servers. As a message-based, hardware-level interface specification, IPMI operates independently of the operating system (OS) to allow administrators to manage a system remotely in the absence of an operating system or of the system management software.
TCP—Transmission Control Protocol; TCP/IP—Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; TCU—Telecommunication Control Unit; TDMA—Time-Division Multiple Access; TDP—Thermal Design Power; TFT—Thin-Film Transistor; TFTP—Trivial File Transfer Protocol; TI—Texas Instruments; TIFF—Tagged Image File Format; TLA—Three-Letter Acronym
Power management, including control voltage regulator module; Controlling indicator LEDs (e.g. caps lock, scroll lock, num lock, battery, ac, power, wireless LAN, sleep) Managing the battery charger and the battery [2] Allowing remote diagnostics and remediation over the network; Performing software-requested CPU reset [1] Controlling the ...
A hardware interrupt is a condition related to the state of the hardware that may be signaled by an external hardware device, e.g., an interrupt request (IRQ) line on a PC, or detected by devices embedded in processor logic (e.g., the CPU timer in IBM System/370), to communicate that the device needs attention from the operating system (OS) [7] or, if there is no OS, from the bare metal ...
When an MSI-based program is launched, Windows Installer checks the existence of key paths. If there is a mismatch between the current system state and the value specified in the MSI package (e.g., a key file is missing), the related feature is re-installed. This process is known as self-healing or self-repair. No two components should use the ...
PWM fan speed control [5] An IrDA Port controller A game port (not provided by recent super I/O chips because Windows XP is the last Windows OS to natively support game ports, requiring vendors to supply their own drivers for later Windows operating systems) [ citation needed ]
Utility software is a program specifically designed to help manage and tune system or application software. It is used to support the computer infrastructure - in contrast to application software , which is aimed at directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users.