- active state
means the operational state in which the server is carrying out work in response to prior or concurrent external requests (e.g., instruction over the network).
- active state efficiency
(Effserver) means the numerical value for server efficiency as measured and calculated according to Annex III point 3;
- Auxiliary Processing Accelerator
(APA) means a specialized processor and associated subsystem that provide an increase in computing capacity such as graphical processing units or field programmable gate arrays.
- blade chassis
means an enclosure that contains shared resources for the operation of blade servers, blade storage, and other blade form-factor devices.
- blade server
means a server that is designed for use in a blade chassis.
- buffered double data rate (DDR) channel
means a channel or memory port connecting a memory controller to a defined number of memory devices in a server.
- data storage device
means a device providing non-volatile data storage, with the exception of aggregating storage elements such as subsystems of redundant arrays of independent disks, robotic tape libraries, filers, and file servers and storage devices which are not directly accessible by end-user application programs, and are instead employed as a form of internal cache;
- data storage product
means a fully-functional storage system that supplies data storage services to clients and devices attached directly or through a network.
- declared values
means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in accordance with Article 4, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities.
- direct current data storage product
means a data storage product that is designed solely to operate on a DC power source;
- direct current server
means a server that is designed solely to operate on a DC power source;
- disassembly
means a process whereby an item is taken apart in such a way that it can subsequently be reassembled and made operational;
- embedded application
means a software application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device, typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as read-only memory or flash memory;
- Expansion APA
means an APA that is on an add-in card installed in an add-in expansion slot.
- expansion card
means an internal component connected by an edge connection over a common/standard interface such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express providing additional functionality;
- firmware
means system, hardware, component, or peripheral programming provided with the product to provide basic instructions for hardware to function inclusive of all applicable programming and hardware updates;
- fully fault tolerant server
means a server that is designed with complete hardware redundancy (to simultaneously and repetitively run a single workload for continuous availability in mission critical applications), in which every computing component is replicated between two nodes running identical and concurrent workloads (i.e., if one node fails or needs repair, the second node can run the workload alone to avoid downtime);
- graphics card
means an expansion card containing one or more graphics processing units with a local memory controller interface and local graphics-specific memory;
- Hard Disk Drive
(HDD) means a data storage device which reads and writes to one or more rotating magnetic disk platters;
- High Performance Computing (HPC) server
means a server which is designed and optimized to execute highly parallel applications, for higher performance computing or deep learning artificial intelligence applications.
- idle state
means the operational state in which the OS and other software have completed loading, the server is capable of completing workload transactions, but no active workload transactions are requested or pending by the system (i.e., the server is operational, but not performing any useful work).
- Input/Output (I/O) device
means a device, which provides data input and output capability between a server or a data storage product and other devices.
- Integrated APA
means an APA that is integrated into the motherboard or CPU package;
- Internal power supply
means a component designed to convert AC voltage from the mains to DC voltage(s) for the purpose of powering the computer and has the following characteristics: Internal DC-to-DC converters used to convert a single DC voltage from an external power supply into multiple voltages for use by a computer are not considered internal power supplies;’;
- large data storage product
means a high end or mainframe data storage product that supports more than 400 data storage devices in its maximum configuration and with the following required attributes: no single point of failure, non-disruptive serviceability and integrated storage controller.
- large server
means a resilient server which is shipped as a pre-integrated/pre-tested system housed in one or more full frame racks and that includes a high connectivity input/output subsystem with a minimum of 32 dedicated input/output slots;
- maximum power
(Pmax) means the highest power, in Watts, recorded on the eleven worklet scores according to the standard;
- memory
means a part of a server or a data storage product external to the processor in which information is stored for immediate use by the processor, expressed in gigabyte (GB);
- motherboard
means the main circuit board of a server or a data storage product.
- multi output PSU
means a PSU designed to deliver the majority of its rated output power to more than one primary DC output for the purpose of powering a server or a data storage product.
- multi-node server
means a server that is designed with two or more independent server nodes that share a single enclosure and one or more power supply units.
- network server
means a network product which contains the same components as a server in addition to more than 11 network ports with a total line rate throughput of 12 Gb/s or more, the capability to dynamically reconfigure ports and speed and support for a virtualized network environment through a software defined network;
- online data storage product
means a data storage product designed for online, random-access of data, accessible in a random or sequential pattern, with a maximum time to first data of less than 80 milliseconds;
- power factor
means the ratio of the real power consumed in Watts to the apparent power drawn in Volt Amperes;
- power supply unit
(PSU) means a device that converts alternate current (AC) or direct current (DC) input power to one or more DC power outputs for the purpose of powering a server or a data storage product.
- processor
means the logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions that drive a server or a data storage product.
- product type
means the design of the server or of the data storage product including the chassis (rack, tower or blade), the number of sockets and, for servers, whether it is a resilient server, a blade server, a multi node server, a HPC server, a server with integrated APA, a direct current server or none of the previous categories;
- resilient server
means a server designed with extensive reliability, availability, serviceability and scalability features integrated in the micro architecture of the system, central processing unit (CPU) and chipset;
- secure data deletion
means the effective erasure of all traces of existing data from a data storage device, overwriting the data completely in such a way that access to the original data, or parts of them, becomes infeasible for a given level of effort;
- server
means a computing product that provides services and manages networked resources for client devices, such as desktop computers, notebook computers, desktop thin clients, internet protocol telephones, smartphones, tablets, tele-communication, automated systems or other servers, primarily accessed via network connections, and not through direct user input devices, such as a keyboard or a mouse and with the following characteristics:
- server appliance
means a server that is not intended to execute user-supplied software, delivers services through one or more networks, is typically managed through a web or command line interface and is bundled with a pre-installed OS and application software that is used to perform a dedicated function or set of tightly coupled functions;
- server performance
means the number of transactions per unit of time performed by the server under standardised testing of discrete system components (e.g. processors, memory and storage) and subsystems (e.g.
- server product family
means a high-level description referring to a group of servers sharing one chassis and motherboard combination that may contain more hardware and software configurations.
- server with more than four processor sockets
means a server containing more than four interfaces designed for the installation of a processor.
- server with one or two processor sockets
means a server containing one or two interfaces designed for the installation of a processor.
- single output PSU
means a PSU designed to deliver the majority of its rated output power to one primary DC output for the purpose of powering a server or a data storage product.
- small data storage product
means a data storage product containing a maximum of three data storage devices;
- Solid State Drive
(SSD) means a data storage device that reads and writes to non-volatile solid state memory instead of rotating magnetic platters for data storage;