System Management Homepage User Guide

server, so the client can be assured it is communicating with the system that the system claims to
be. It is application protocol independent.
Secure Task
Execution (STE)
Secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature of HP SMH ensures that the user
requesting the task has the appropriate rights to perform the task and encrypts the request to
protect data from snooping.
Security Attributes
Configuration tool
(secweb)
The HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) tool is used to view and configure system-wide
and per-user (local users and NIS users) values of security attributes. It also gives information
about account locks. The Security Attributes Configuration tool can be launched from the HP-UX
System Administration Manager (SAM) tool, or from HP SMH.
secweb See Security Attributes Configuration tool .
self-signed
certificate
A certificate that is its own certificate authority (CA), so that the subject and the CA are the same.
See also certificate, certificate authority.
single sign on Permission granted to an authenticated user browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
to browse to any of the managed systems from within HP SIM without re-authenticating to the
managed system. HP SIM is the initial point of authentication and browsing to another managed
system must be from within HP SIM.
software update A task to remotely update software and firmware.
SSH See Secure Shell.
SSL See Secure Sockets Layer.
status type Systems of specified status type (Critical, Failed/Major, Degraded/Minor, Normal, and Unknown)
as defined by HP SMH.
STE See Secure Task Execution.
survey utility An agent (or online service tool) that gathers and delivers hardware and operating system
configuration information. This information is gathered while the server is online.
System Fault
Management tool
(evweb)
The System Fault Management (evweb) tool is used to view and administer WBEM indications.
The evweb tool can be launched from HP SMH.
TGS See Kerberos Ticket Granting Server.
ugweb See Accounts for Users & Groups tool.
URI Provides methods to access a resource on the Internet. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a type
of Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).
URL A global address of resources on the World Wide Web. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a
type of Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).
user A network user with a valid sign in on the HP System Management Homepage.
user accounts Accounts used to sign in to HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). These accounts
associate a local Windows user, domain account, or an HP-UX or Linux user group with privilege
levels and paging attributes inside HP SMH.
VCA See HP Version Control Agent.
VCRM See HP Version Control Repository Manager.
version control Referred to as the Version Control Repository Manager installed on a Windows system for
Windows and Linux Proliant or Integrity systems, and Software Distributor on HP-UX operating
systems. Provides an overview of the software status for all managed ProLiant or Integrity systems
and can update system software and firmware on those systems programmatically using
predetermined criteria. Version control identifies systems that are running out-of-date system
software, indicates if an upgrade is available, and provides reasons for upgrading. For HP-UX
systems, Software Distributor can be launched from an HP Systems Insight Manager CMS against
one or more installed HP-UX systems.
WBEM See Web-Based Enterprise Management.
Web-Based
Enterprise
Is a platform and resource independent DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) standard
that defines both a common model (for example, description) and protocol (for example, interface)
Management
(WBEM)
for monitoring and controlling a diverse set of resources. The HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
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