Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 April 2006

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Glossary
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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.