OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual

OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual—424827-003
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distribution list. A list of users to whom it is possible to address messages collectively.
The distribution list name logically represents the names of all members of the list.
OSI/MHS and Transfer both support distribution lists.
DLIST object. An object type, used in OSI/MHS management interfaces, that identifies a
local distribution list within the OSI/MHS subsystem.
DLISTMEMBER object. An object type, used in OSI/MHS management interfaces, that
identifies an individual member of a local distribution list.
domain. A collection of nodes on an X.400 network; these are connected through MTAs.
There are two types of domains: ADMDs and PRMDs.
DSM (Distributed Systems Management). A set of tools used to manage NonStop
systems and Expand networks. These tools include the ViewPoint console application
and various other applications, the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) for data
communications subsystems, the Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI), the Event
Management Service (EMS), the Distributed Name Service (DNS), and management
programming interfaces for various NonStop subsystems.
DSV (distribution subvolume). The grouping in which HP releases software for installation.
Names are in the form Yxxxxzzz, where xxxx is the product number and zzz is the
release number—for instance, Y9110C20. See also ISV.
element. See string element.
element of service. In OSI, a feature or function defined as part of a service.
empty response record. In DSM programmatic interfaces, a response record containing
only a return token with a value that means “no more response records.”
EMS (Event Management Service). A part of DSM used to provide event collection, event
logging, and event distribution facilities. It provides for different event descriptions for
interactive and programmatic interfaces, lets an operator or application select specific
event-message data, and allows flexible distribution of event messages within a
system or network. EMS has SPI-based programmatic interfaces for reporting events
and retrieving event messages.
EMS collector. See collector.
EMS standard definitions. The set of declarations provided by EMS for use in event
management, regardless of the subsystem. Any application that retrieves tokens from
event messages needs the EMS standard definitions. See also definition files, data
communications standard definitions, or SPI standard definitions.
encoding. The process of translating local message information into ASN.1 (BER) format.
See also decoding and BER.