Glossary
CIM | Common Information Model. |
CLI | |
| operating system responses. |
datastore | A storage location for VM files in the VMware environment. |
DNS | Domain name system. |
DPM | Distributed power management. |
DRS | Distributed Resource Scheduler. |
ESX | An |
EVA | Enterprise Virtual Array. |
FC | Fibre Channel. A network technology primarily used for storage networks. |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name. |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol. |
HBA | Host bus adapter. |
HP SIM | HP Systems Insight Manager. |
HPICSM | HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter. |
iLO | Integrated |
IML | Integrated Management Log. |
IQN | iSCSI Qualified Name. |
iSCSI | Internet small computer system interface. Like an ordinary SCSI interface, iSCSI is |
| and efficiently transmits |
| Exchange or SQL Server) and a target device (such as the HP |
| carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets |
| and to manage storage over long distances. |
LD, LDEV | Logical device. An LDEV is created when a RAID group is carved into pieces according to the |
| selected host emulation mode (that is, |
| depends on the selected emulation mode. The term LDEV is also known as term volume. |
LUN | Logical unit number. A LUN results from mapping a logical unit number, port ID, and LDEV ID to |
| a RAID group. The size of the LUN is determined by the emulation mode of the LDEV and the |
| number of LDEVs associated with the LUN. |
MSA | Modular Smart Array. |
NRAID | A RAID level that uses nonstriped mapping to a single disk. |
OA | Onboard Administrator. |
RAID | Redundant array of independent disks. |
RDM | Raw device mapping. |
RDP | Rapid Deployment Pack |
RMI | Remote Method Invocation. A set of protocols that enables Java objects to communicate remotely |
| with other Java objects. |
SAID | Service Agreement Identifier. |
SAN | Storage area network. A network of storage devices available to one or more servers. |
SAS | Smart Array System. |
SI | Storage Integration. |
Storage Management Initiative Specification. | |
SMU | Storage Management Utility. The web browser interface that system administrators can use to |
| configure, monitor, and manage MSA2000 Family storage systems. SMU is accessible from any |
| management host that can access a system through an |
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