Cyclades AlterPath BladeManager user manual Cluster, Console Port, DNS Server, Domain Name

	Glossary
Cluster	A cluster is a group of one or more computers working as a
	group to execute a certain task. From the user standpoint, a
	cluster acts as a large computer system.
Console	Terminal used to configure network devices at boot (start-up)
	time. Also used to refer to the keyboard, video and mouse
	user interface to a server.
Console Port	Most of the equipment in a data center (servers, routers,
	switches, UPS, PBX, etc.) has a serial console port for out-
	of-band management purposes.
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol for
	automatic TCP/IP configuration that provides static and
	dynamic address allocation and management.
	DHCP enables individual computers on an IP network to
	extract their configurations from a server (the 'DHCP server')
	or servers, in particular, servers that have no exact
	information about the individual computers until they request
	the information. The overall purpose of this is to reduce the
	work necessary to administer a large IP network. The most
	significant piece of information distributed in this manner is
	the IP address.
DNS Server	Domain Name Server. The computer you use to access the
	DNS to allow you to contact other computers on the Internet.
	The server keeps a database of host computers and their IP
	addresses.
Domain Name	The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain
	Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The
	part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is
	the most general. A given machine may have more than one
	Domain Name but a given Domain Name points to only one
	machine. For example, the domain names: matisse.net,
	mail.matisse.net, workshop.matisse.net can all refer to the
	same machine, but each domain name can refer to no more
	than one machine. Usually, all of the machines on a given

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