HP Insight Control for Linux 7.0 Installation Guide

Glossary
A
AutoYaST file A configuration file used to effect an unattended installation of SLES operating systems.
B
bare-metal Describes a server that is not currently booted with a running operating system. This could be a
brand new server with no OS installed on it, or it could be a server with an OS that is not booted.
C
central
management
server
See CMS.
certificate An electronic document that contains a subject's public key and identifying information about
the subject. The certificate is signed by a certificate authority (CA) to bind the key and subject
identification together.
CMF Console management facility. Enables you to capture, log, monitor, and to connect directly to
the serial console on each of your Insight Control for Linux managed systems from the CMS.
CMS Central Management Server. A system in the management domain that runs Systems Insight
Manager and Insight Control for Linux software. All central operations within Insight Control for
Linux are initiated from this system.
Console
Management
Facility
See CMF.
D
DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol. A protocol that dynamically allocates IP addresses to computers
on a local area network.
Dynamic Host
Control Protocol
See DHCP.
E
enclosure A physical container for a set of server blades. It consists of a backplane that routes power and
communication signals and additional hardware for cabling and thermal issues. It also hosts the
processor or server power supplies.
H
host name The name given to a computer. Lowercase and uppercase letters (a–z and A–Z), numbers (0–9),
periods, and dashes are permitted in host names. Valid host names contain from 2 to 63
characters, with the first character being a letter.
HP Support Center The HP corporate Web page where software patches are made available. The web address is
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc. To download patches from this Web page, you must register as
an Americas, Asia Pacific, or European customer.
HPSUM A tool for retrieving software and firmware inventory from systems and the updating software
and firmware on those systems. Systems Insight Manager uses HPSUM for installing support packs
through the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install tool as well as installing agents through the
Configure and Repair Agents tool.
HTTPS An extension to the HTTP protocol that supports sending data securely over the web.
hypervisor Computer software, specific to a hardware platform, that allows you to run multiple operating
systems on a single host at the same time.
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