Medical Archive Solutions User Guide

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HP Medical Archive
Preface
viding network, computational, and storage services. Within the
context of the HP Medical Archive, a server is a piece of hardware that
hosts one or more grid services.
Nodes in a network are usually defined as an independent entity with
a unique network identity, running on a resource. In this text, the use
of the term “node” refers to the logical entity of a building block
within the HP Medical Archive; it is a server combined with a pre-
defined set of grid services that perform one or more tasks within the
grid.
The term “node” also appears within the NMS interface. In that
context, it generally refers to a single grid service, regardless of how
many services may be hosted on the server. See “Network and
Element Terminology” on page 3 for additional information.
Numerics
Numeric values are presented in decimal unless noted otherwise.
Hexadecimal values in the text are noted using the prefix “0x”; for
example: 0x3B.
Fonts
To assist you in easily picking out the elements of importance, changes
from the standard font are used:
• Items upon which you act are shown in bold. These include:
• Sequences of selections from the navigation tree, tabs, and
page options, such as: CN1-A-1
X CMS X Reports X Chart.
• Buttons or keys to click or press, such as Apply or <Tab>.
• Radio buttons or check buttons to enable or disable, such as
Save configuration as default.
• Field prompts, names of windows and dialogs, messages, and
other literal text in the interface is shown in sans-serif such as the
LDR State pull-down menu, or the Sign In... window.
• Items within the narrative that require emphasis appear in italics.
• Command or parameter text that is variable (to be replaced by
specific values by the system or when entered) is noted in italics,
such as HPMA_GID_<nnnn>.