Software & Drivers

  • BMC

    Embedded onto the motherboard, a controller for out-of-band server management—power control, sensors, KVM, and firmware—accessible via IPMI/Redfish.

  • BIOS/UEFI

    System firmware that initializes hardware, runs the Power-On-Self-Test (POST), boots the OS, and allows low level hardware configuration and security options

  • Operating System

    The Core software (Ubuntu, Rocky, and Windows) that allocates hardware resources, manages processes and files, and provides services for applications and users

  • Software RAID

    Disk scheme using Software that combines drives with striping, mirroring, or parity to boost performance, capacity, and risk tolerance for data loss

  • Applications & Programs

    End-user software that performs specific tasks, such as Life Science, by calling OS services and leveraging hardware resources

  • Drivers

    Software for specific hardware that lets the OS communicate with devices, enabling features and stable performance

  • Utilities

    Utilities or tools built into the operating system or from other manufacturers for configuration, diagnostics, monitoring, backup, and maintenance