ALOM CMT
Advanced Lights Out Manager chip multithreading,
which runs on the system controller and allows you to monitor and
control your CMT server
API
Application Programming Interface
auditreduce(1M)
merge and select audit records from audit trail
files
auditing
Using the Solaris OS BSM to identify the source
of security changes
authorization
Setting up authorization using the Solaris OS RBAC
bge
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet driver on Broadcom BCM57xx
devices
compliance
Determining if a system’s configuration is in compliance
with a predefined security profile
config
Name of logical domain configuration saved on the
system controller
constraints
To the Logical Domains Manager, constraints are
one or more resources you want to have assigned to a particular
domain. You either receive all the resources you ask to be added
to a domain or you get none of them, depending upon the available
resources.
control domain
Domain that creates and manages other logical domains
and services
CWQ
Control Word Queue; cryptographic unit for Sun UltraSPARC
T2-based platforms
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMA
Direct Memory Access is the ability to directly
transfer data between the memory and a device (for example, a network
card) without involving the CPU.
DMP
Dynamic Multipathing (Veritas)
drd(1M)
dynamic reconfiguration daemon for Logical Domains
Manager (Solaris 10 OS)
DS
Domain Services module (Solaris 10 OS)
e1000g
driver for Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit family of network
interface controllers
EFI
extensible firmware interface
ETM
Encoding Table Management module (Solaris 10 OS)
FC_AL
Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop
FMA
Fault Management Architecture
fmd(1M)
fault manager daemon (Solaris 10 OS)
format(1M)
disk partitioning and maintenance utility
fmthard(1M)
populate label on hard disks
guest domain
Uses services from the I/O and service domains and
is managed by the control domain.
GLDv3
Generic LAN Driver version 3.
hardening
Modifying Solaris OS configuration to improve security
hypervisor
Firmware layer interposed between the operating
system and the hardware layer
I/O domain
Domain that has direct ownership of and direct access
to physical I/O devices and that shares those devices to other logical
domains in the form of virtual devices
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
IDR
Interim Diagnostics Release
ILOM
Integrated Lights Out Manager
io
I/O devices, such as internal disks and PCIe controllers
and their attached adapters and devices
ioctl
input/output control call
IPMP
Internet Protocol Network Multipathing
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
kaio
kernel asynchronous input/output
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
ldm(1M)
Logical Domain Manager utility
ldmd
Logical Domains Manager daemon
logical domain
Discrete logical grouping with its own operating
system, resources, and identity within a single computer system
Logical Domains (LDoms)
Manager
Provides a CLI to create and manage logical domains
and allocate resources to domains
MAC
media access control address, which LDoms can automatically
assign or you can assign manually
MAU
Modular Arithmetic Unit; the cryptographic device
for Sun UltraSPARC T1–based platforms
MD
machine description in the server database
mem, memory
memory unit - default size in bytes, or specify
gigabytes (G), kilobytes (K),
or megabytes (M). Virtualized memory of the server
that can be allocated to guest domains.
metadb(1M)
create and delete replicas of the SVM metadevice
state database
mhd(7I)
multihost disk control operations
MIB
Management Information Base
minimizing
Installing the minimum number of core Solaris OS
package necessary
mpgroup
multipathing group name for virtual disk failover
mtu
maximum transmission unit
NAT
Network Address Translation
ndpsldcc
Netra DPS Logical Domain Channel Client. See
also vdpcc.
ndpsldcs
Netra DPS Logical Domain Channel Service. See
also vdpcs.
NIS
Network Information Services
NIU
Network Interface Unit (Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120
and T5220 servers)
NVRAM
non-volatile random-access memory
nxge
Driver for Sun x8 Express 1/10G Ethernet Adapter
OVF
Open Virtualization Format
PCI
peripheral component interconnect bus
PICL
Platform Information and Control Library
PM
Power management of virtual CPUs
praudit(1M)
print contents of an audit trail file
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RBAC
Role-Based Access Control
SASL
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
SAX
Simple API for XML parser, which traverses an XML
document. The SAX parser is event-based and used mostly for streaming
data.
SC
system controller, also known as service processor
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
service domain
Logical domain that provides devices, such as virtual
switches, virtual console connectors, and virtual disk servers to
other logical domains
SMF
Service Management Facility
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SP
service processor, also known as system controller
SunVTS
Sun Validation Test Suite
svcadm(1M)
manipulate service instances
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
unicast
Communication that takes place over a network between
a single sender and a single receiver.
uscsi(7D)
user SCSI command interface
VBSC
virtual blade system controller
vcc, vconscon
virtual console concentrator service with a specific
port range to assign to the guest domains
vcons, vconsole
virtual console for accessing system level messages.
A connection is achieved by connecting to vconscon service
in the control domain at a specific port.
vcpu
virtual central processing unit. Each of the cores
of a server are represented as virtual CPUs. For example, an 8-core
Sun Fire T2000 Server has 32 virtual CPUs that can be allocated
between the logical domains.
vdpcc
virtual data plane channel client in a Netra DPS
environment
vdpcs
virtual data plane channel service in a Netra DPS
environment
vdisk
virtual disks are generic block devices backed by
different types of physical devices, volumes, or files.
vds, vdiskserver
virtual disk server allows you to import virtual
disks into a logical domain.
vdsdev, vdiskserverdevice
virtual disk server device is exported by the virtual
disk server. The device can be an entire disk, a slice on a disk,
a file, or a disk volume.
VLAN
virtual local area network
vldc
virtual logical domain channel service
vldcc
virtual logical domain channel client
vnet
virtual network device implements a virtual Ethernet
device and communicates with other vnet devices
in the system using the virtual network switch (vswitch).
vntsd(1M)
virtual network terminal server daemon for Logical
Domains consoles (Solaris 10 OS)
volfs(7FS)
Volume Management file system
vsw, vswitch
virtual network switch that connects the virtual
network devices to the external network and also switches packets
between them.
VxDMP
Veritas Dynamic Multipathing
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
ZFS
Zettabyte File System (Solaris 10 OS)
ZVOL
ZFS Volume Emulation Driver