HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System Administrator Guide (5900-1624, April 2011)

L
light-weight HTTP
server
A small footprint server that processes HTTP requests and returns standard HTTP responses. The
server is not intended as a replacement for a web server. The server does not serve up HTML
web pages and does not run CGI applications.
local property A non-system property defined for a class but not inherited from a superclass.
M
managed object A hardware or software system component that is represented as an instance of the CIM class.
Information about managed objects is supplied by data and event providers, as well as by the
CIM Object Manager.
managed object
format (MOF)
A compiled language for defining classes and instances. A MOF compiler takes information from
a .mof formatted text file and adds the data to the CIM Object Manager repository. MOF
eliminates the need to write code, thus providing a simple and fast technique for modifying the
CIM Object Manager repository. DMTF makes their schemas available as MOF files.
management
application
An application or service that uses information originating from one or more managed objects
in a managed environment. Management applications retrieve this information and perform
operations through calls to the CIM Object Manager from the CIM Object Manager.
management
information base
(MIB)
A database of managed objects, written in text.
management
information format
(MIF) database
Part of DMI that stores and manages information and passes it to management applications on
request. MIFs define the standard manageable attributes of PC products in categories including
PC systems, servers, printers, LAN adapters, modems, and software applications.
Management
Interface (MI)
The MI enables DMI-enabled applications to access, manage and control desktop systems,
components and peripherals.
metamodel A CIM component that describes the entities and relationships representing managed objects.
For example, classes, instances, and associations are included in the metamodel.
metaschema The metaschema is a formal definition of the model. It defines the terms used to express the model
and its usage and semantics.
method A function describing the behavior of a class. Including a method in a class does not
guarantee an implementation of the method. The Implemented qualifier is attached to the
method to indicate that an implementation is available for the class.
1.
2. A function included in a CIM Object Manager API interface.
MOF file A text file that contains definitions of classes and instances, using Managed Object Format (MOF)
formatting.
multiple
inheritance
The ability of a subclass to derive from more than one superclass.
N
named element An entity that can be expressed as an object in the meta schema.
namespace A unit for grouping classes and instances to control their scope and visibility. Namespaces are
not physical locations; they are more like logical databases containing specific classes and
instances. Objects located within a namespace must have unique names (specified by one or
more key values) within that namespace. Objects in a different namespaces can be unique even
if they have the same keys, because the two objects reside in separate namespaces.
O
object path A formatted string used to access namespaces, classes, and instances. Each object on the system
has a unique path which identifies it locally or over the network. Object paths are conceptually
similar to Universal Resource Locators (URL).
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