HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Glossary, Manager

Glossary

	This glossary defines key terms in the context of an OpenVMS computing environment.
Availability	A system management tool that enables the system manager to monitor one or more OpenVMS
Manager	nodes on an extended LAN from an OpenVMS, Windows 2000, or Windows XP system.
	Availability Manager helps system managers and analysts target a specific node for analysis.
	The tool collects system and process data from multiple nodes simultaneously; it analyzes the
	data and displays the output. The Availability Manager (base) software installed with OpenVMS
	provides the data collection components that allow the system to be monitored by the Availability
	Manager and by DECamds.
Baseboard	See BMC.
Management
Controller
BIB	Boot-is-blocked. The state of a cell (on a cell-based Integrity server) that is powered on but not
	allowed to boot. When all cells assigned to an nPartition are at the BIB state, the nPartition is
	inactive and no software can run on the nPartition until it is manually booted past BIB.
	See also cell, nPartition.
BladeSystem	HP BladeSystem is comprised of blade compute nodes, integrated connectivity to data and
	storage networks, and shared power subsystems.
	See also BladeSystem enclosure, server blades.
BladeSystem	Hardware solution for consolidating server blades and all supporting infrastructure elements
enclosure	(such as storage, network, and power) into a single unit.
	See also BladeSystem, server blades.
BMC	Baseboard Management Controller. A utility provided with HP Integrity servers that allows
	you to control some management features built into the system board, such as diagnostics,
	configuration, and hardware management. It enables you to interact with the Extensible
	Firmware Interface (EFI) and to boot the OpenVMS operating system.
	See also EFI, MP.
boot	The process of loading system software into a processor's main memory. This guide uses the
	term boot to refer to this process.
boot server	A boot server downloads the system software required by a client system. A TCP boot server
	(TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS BOOTP server) is the host that centralizes configuration and
	management of an IP address database, such as is used for OpenVMS InfoServer client booting
	and satellite booting. For satellite booting, the boot server is part of an OpenVMS Cluster; it
	includes either a MOP server (for OpenVMS Alpha systems) or a BOOTP/TFTP server (for
	OpenVMS I64 systems), and a disk server for the satellite system disk.
	See also InfoServer, satellite node.
bootstrap	See boot.
CDSA	Common Data Security Architecture. A multiplatform, Open Source security infrastructure.
	CDSA provides a stable, standards-based programming interface that enables applications to
	access operating system security services. With CDSA, you can create cross-platform,
	security-enabled applications. Beginning with Version 2.2, CDSA includes support of Secure
	Delivery and HRS (Human Recognition Service Standard). CDSA is automatically installed
	with the operating system. For more information about CDSA, see the HP Open Source Security
	for OpenVMS, Volume 1: Common Data Security Architecture manual.
	See also Secure Delivery, HRS.
cell	Also known as a cell board: a circuit board that is the basic building block of an nPartition in
	a server complex (such as any HP midrange and high-end Integrity servers). A cell consists of
	a symmetric multiprocessor and memory.
	See also cell-based server, nPartition, server complex, virtual partition.
cell-based server	A server in which all processors and memory are contained in cells, each of which can be
	assigned for exclusive use by an nPartition. Each nPartition runs its own instance of an operating
	system.
	See also cell, nPartition, server complex, virtual partition.

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