User's Guide

Chapter7 Terminology
Table 7-1 Terminology
Term Description
CLI Command Line Interface
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
The management controller to manage the interface between system
management software and platform hardware.
DMTF Distributed Management Task Force
An industry standard body that defines WBEM standards for the
industry.
SMASH Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware
A suite of specifications that deliver industry standard protocols to
increase productivity of the management of a data center.
Address Space A set of instances that represent managed element or provided
functions. These instances are accessed using a unique path.
Managed Element An instance of managed element or provided function on NEC
ESMPRO Manager. It constructs the address space.
UFiT
User Friendly instance Tag
User-friendly identifier for a specific instance of a CIM class.
UFiP
User Friendly instance Path
The unique path to an instance formed by concatenating the UFiTs
of each instance from the root instance to the terminating instance.
Component
An object that is managed by NEC ESMPRO Manager.
NEC ExpressUpdate The function that manages versions of modules like firmware and
software on the managed server and that updates the modules.
Available since NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver5.1.
NEC ExpressUpdate Agent Software that provides NEC ExpressUpdate function. It is installed
on the managed component and communicates with NEC ESMPRO
Manager.
Module The module like firmware and software.
Update package The package which the update tool of the module is included in.
Update package server The update package server from where the repository downloads
update packages.
Repository The component of the NEC ESMPRO Manager for NEC
ExpressUpdate that downloads update packages from the update
package server and manages them.
Available since NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver5.1.
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