Medical Archive Solutions User Guide

HPMA User Guide
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HP Medical Archive
Services
A service is a software module providing a set of capabilities to the
HP Medical Archive system. They are discussed in detail in Chapter 5.
Each service consists of components that deliver a particular capabil-
ity. Each node of the grid has a predefined set of services that it hosts.
Services are typically identified by a three letter acronym.
Components
A component within a service delivers a particular capability. Each
component has a set of configurable attributes that can be monitored
automatically.
Services contain one or more components. Each component contains a
set of attributes.
Components have names defined by the software.
Attributes
The most granular level of the system is an attribute. This is a single
value or property of a component in a service. Attributes are the
elements that are monitored for alarm states and may be included in
reports.
Every component contains a set of attributes associated with the capa-
bility it enables.
Capabilities
For each service and component the NMS interface presents four tabs,
one for each capability:
• Overview—property information about the service or component.
You can use this capability to trace alarms, generate immediate
reports (page 39), and get an overall sense of a service or compo-
nent’s performance.
• Alarms—showing the status of monitored attributes and reporting
alarm histories, enabling you to trace and troubleshoot current
alarms and analyze alarm histories to prevent future problems.
• Reports—for generating reports on current and historical condi-
tions of attributes to monitor and improve system performance.