HP Storage Essentials Global Reporter Software Glossary

Glossary

access point	It is the intersection of the IP address and the provider that discovered the IP address. It
	is displayed on the screens for discovery. A provider is software that is used to gather
	information about an element.
active zone set	An active zone set is the zone set in use. You can have only one zone set active at a
	time; however, you can have a zone in more than one zone set. Zones sets are usually
	created for a particular task.
	Zones work by exclusion. Members of a zone can communicate with other members in
	the zone. If two devices are not within the same zone, they cannot communicate. Only
	elements in active zones can communicate with each other. When a zone is not active,
	it does not have any effect.

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Common Information

Model (CIM) The Common Information Model is a common data model of an implementation-neutral schema for describing overall management information in a network/enterprise environment. CIM is comprised of a specification and a schema. The specification defines the details for integration with other management models (i.e. SNMP's MIBs or the DMTF's MIFs) while the schema provides the actual model descriptions.

Common Information

Model Object

Manager (CIM Object

Manager) A component in the CIM management infrastructure that handles the interaction between management applications and providers. The CIM Object Manager supports services such as event notification, remote access, and query processing. The CIM Object Manager also grants access to the CIM Object Manager repository.

File Server Storage

Resource

Management (SRM) File Server Storage Resource Management (SRM) does a recursive lookup on the file system and stores the information in an embedded database. File System Viewer can

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