Glossary

External subscriptions

External subscriptions These are subscriptions created by tools other than

EVWEB.

F-G

fmControl The command used to configure software error logging parameters.

fmdcontrol The command used to create, delete, and modify Admin-Defined filters.

H

HP-Advised event subscription

Subscriptions that are provided by HP.

HP-Defined filters Filters defined by HP, and present in the FMD repository at the time of installation.

HP-Known event subscription

Subscriptions that are provided by HP. These subscriptions include both Admin-Defined subscriptions and HP-Advised subscriptions.

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)

HP's management application installed on the CMS that uses WBEM instrumentation on operating systems such as HP-UX, Linux, and Windows.

HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) HP's management application installed on the local system that uses WBEM instrumentation on operating systems such as HP-UX, Linux, and Windows.

I-K

indication An alert or a warning about the failure of a monitored hardware device. It is equivalent to an event in the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) framework.

Indication Consumer A component of EVWEB for Event Archive to store indications in the Event Archive.

Indication Consumer for Email A component of EVWEB to send indications to the configured email address.

indication filters They are configured by the Filter Metadata (FMD) Provider to set the criteria for the indications that must be logged.

indication provider It translates events generated by the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) monitors into WBEM indications, and reports them to the CIMOM.

instance A representation of the actual physical object that belongs to a class.

instance provider It provides information about devices, such as model number and serial number of a CPU. In the Support Tools Manager (STM), this functionality is accomplished by Information (Info) Tools.

L

Logfile A file that includes details about the SFM software installation and removal.

M-R

managed resource A hardware device that is monitored.

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