Glossary

Access Control List

List of available boards that can be assigned to a domain.

ACL

See Access Control List.

Administrative domain

A Sun Management Center administrative domain consists of one or more host systems. It should not be confused with other uses of the term "domain" in this book. See also hardware domain.

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

path

The path to the directory where Sun Management Center software is installed. For example, if Sun Management Center software is installed in /opt/SUNWsymon, the directory is /opt/SUNWsymon/addons/SunFirePltAdmin/sbin.

CLI

command-line interface

COD

Capacity on Demand option

DCA

daughter card assembly for Paroli

Dcache

data cache

default platform agent

When the Sun Management Center 3.5 supplement software is installed, a platform administration module agent is created. This default platform administration module can monitor one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system. To monitor more than one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system, you must create an additional platform agent instance for each additional Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system.

DIMM

dual inline memory module

Domain

See administrative domain and hardware domain.

Domain administration

In this book, "domain administration" refers to the administration of a hardware domain. (See hardware domain.) Domain administration uses procedures that deal with hardware resources within a host system, as well as with the software and applications running on those hardware resources. In other documents, such as the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide, the term "domain administration" has a second meaning, which is the administration of a group of multiple host systems. (See administrative domain.)

DR

See Dynamic reconfiguration.

Dynamic reconfiguration

Dynamic reconfiguration software is a part of the Solaris Operating System and provides the ability to safely remove or install system boards or compact PCI I/O cards into a system while the Solaris Operating System is running. Dynamic reconfiguration software also provides the ability to transfer system boards or compact PCI I/O cards from one domain to another, while the Solaris Operating System is running

Ecache

external cache

ECC

error-correcting code

FRU

field-replaceable unit

FT

fan tray

GUI

graphical user interface

Hardware domain

A Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 domain is a logical grouping of system boards and other devices that are contained within a single host system. In this book, this type of domain is called a "hardware domain," not to be confused with an "administrative domain." See also administrative domain.

HPCI, hPCI, or hsPCI

hot-swap PCI assembly

HPCI+, hPCI+, or hsPCI+

hot-swap PCI plus assembly

IB6 - IB9

I/O assemblies

Icache

internal cache

IP

Internet Protocol

LUN

logical unit number

Paroli

parallel optical link

Platform administration

The management and monitoring of a complete Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system. Platform administration includes the ability to divide the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system components into multiple hardware domains. Individual hardware domains can be managed and monitored by domain administrators, while the platform administrator retains the ability to manage and monitor all individual hardware domains in addition to the entire platform.

Platform agent instance

The default platform administration module can monitor one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system. To monitor more than one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system, you must create an additional platform agent instance for each additional Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system.

PCI

peripheral component interconnect

POST

power-on self-test

Proxy

A copy of a default platform agent. The default platform administration module can monitor one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system. To monitor more than one Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system, you must create one platform agent instance or proxy for each additional Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system.

PS

power supply

RP0 - RP3

repeater boards

RSM

remote shared memory

SB0 - SB5

CPU/memory boards

SC

system controller

SCSI

small computer system interface

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SSC

Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system controller

SSM

scalable shared memory

Sun Fire 6800-3800 Systems

same as Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems

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V

volts or voltage

Wcache

write cache

WCI

Sun Fire Link interface ASIC

WPCI

Sun Fire Link PCI