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Admin-Defined event subscription

Subscriptions created by the administrator using the CLI. These subscriptions cannot be deleted.

Admin-Defined filters Filters that can be created, deleted, and modified to set the criteria for indications that must be logged.

C

Central Management Server (CMS) The server monitoring the client systems in the network using SFM.

Common Information Model (CIM) An object-based model for describing managed resources. CIM uses the object-oriented paradigm, where managed objects are modeled using the concepts of classes and instances.

Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules in the WBEM environment. CIMOM manages CIM objects. It receives and processes CIM operation requests and issues responses.

CIM client An entity in WBEM architecture which sends CIM Operation requests and receives CIM Operation responses. For example, HP SIM and other network management applications are considered CIM clients.

CIM server The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules in the WBEM environment. It is also known as CIMOM.

consumer A recipient of services. For example, an indication consumer will receive indications (events) that occur in system hardware components.

D

disk_em An EMS monitor that monitors hard disks.

Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) An industry organization involved in the development, adoption, and interoperability of management standards and initiatives for enterprise and Internet environments.

E

enumerate instances To check whether subscriptions to indications are present.

event An alert generated when an unusual activity is detected on a monitored hardware device.

Event Archive Database for indications. Indications generated on hardware devices are logged in this location.

EVWEB User component that enables administering and viewing WBEM indications generated on the system on which SFM is installed.

Event Subscription Administration A component of EVWEB used to subscribe to indications.

Event Viewer A component of EVWEB used to view indications present in the Event Archive.

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