Users Guide

162 Glossary
ASCII
Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A text file
containing only characters from the ASCII character set (usually created with a
text editor, such as Notepad in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
), is called an ASCII file.
ASIC
Acronym for application-specific integrated circuit.
ASPI
Acronym for advanced SCSI programming interface.
asset tag code
An individual code assigned to a system, usually by a system administrator, for
security or tracking purposes.
attribute
An attribute, or property, contains a specific piece of information about a
manageable component. Attributes can be combined to form groups. If an
attribute is defined as read-write, it may be defined by a management application.
autoexec.bat file
The autoexec.bat file is executed when you boot your system (after executing any
commands in the
config.sys file). This start-up file contains commands that
define the characteristics of each device connected to your system, and it finds
and executes programs stored in locations other than the active directory.
authentication
The Server Administrator remote access controller has two methods of
authenticating user access:
RAC authentication and local operating system authentication. RAC authentication
is always enabled. Administrators can set up specific user accounts and passwords
that allow access to the RAC.
Operating systems also require administrators to define different levels of users
and user accounts; each user level has different privileges. Local operating system
authentication on the RAC is an option for administrators who do not want to
define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of
users and accounts for the RAC. If you enable local operating system
authentication for the RAC, you enable any user with Administrator status on
the operating system to log in to the RAC.