Glossary

This list defines terminology, abbreviations, and acronyms in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC documentation.

A

API

Application programming interface

ASN

Abstract Syntax Notation

auditreduce

Merge and select audit records from audit trail files (see the auditreduce(1M) man page).

auditing

Using Oracle Solaris OS auditing to identify the source of security changes

authorization

Setting up authorization using the Oracle Solaris OS RBAC

B

bge

Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet driver on Broadcom BCM57xx devices

BSM

Basic Security module

bsmconv

Enable the BSM (see the bsmconv(1M) man page).

bsmunconv

Disable the BSM (see the bsmunconv(1M) man page).

C

CD

Compact disc

CLI

Command-line interface

CMT

Chip multithreading

compliance

Determining if a system's configuration is in compliance with a predefined security profile

configuration

Name of logical domain configuration that is saved on the service processor

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

A privileged domain that creates and manages other logical domains and services by using the Logical Domains Manager

CPU

Central processing unit

CWQ

Control Word Queue; cryptographic unit for Oracle's Sun UltraSPARC T2 based platforms

D

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)

domain

See logical domain.

Logical Domains Manager

A CLI to create and manage logical domains and allocate resources to domains

DPS

Data plane software

DR

Dynamic reconfiguration

drd

Oracle Solaris 10 OS dynamic reconfiguration daemon for Logical Domains Manager (see the drd(1M) man page).

DS

Domain Services module (Oracle Solaris 10 OS)

DVD

Digital versatile disc

E

EFI

Extensible firmware interface

ETM

Encoding Table Management module (Oracle Solaris 10 OS)

F

FC_AL

Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop

FMA

Fault Management Architecture

fmd

Oracle Solaris 10 OS fault manager daemon (see the fmd(1M) man page).

format

Disk partitioning and maintenance utility (see the format(1M) man page).

fmthard

Populate label on hard disks (see the fmthard(1M) man page).

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

G

Gb

Gigabit

guest domain

Uses services from the I/O and service domains and is managed by the control domain.

GLDv3

Generic LAN Driver version 3.

H

hardening

Modifying Oracle Solaris OS configuration to improve security

HDD

Hard disk drive

hypervisor

Firmware layer interposed between the operating system and the hardware layer

I

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

IB

Infiniband

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IDR

Interim Diagnostics Release

ILOM

Integrated Lights Out Manager

I/O

Input/output devices, such as internal disks and PCIe controllers and their attached adapters and devices

ioctl

Input/output control call

IP

Internet Protocol

IPMP

Internet Protocol Network Multipathing

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

K

kaio

Kernel asynchronous input/output

KB

Kilobyte

KU

Kernel update

L

LAN

Local-area network

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDC

Logical domain channel

ldm

Logical Domains Manager utility (see the ldm(1M) man page).

ldmd

Logical Domains Manager daemon

lofi

Loopback file

logical domain

A virtual machine comprised of a discrete logical grouping of resources, which has its own operating system and identity within a single computer system. Also called a domain.

LUN

Logical unit number

M

MAC

Media access control address, which Logical Domains can automatically assign or you can assign manually

MAU

Modular Arithmetic Unit

MB

Megabyte

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

Create and delete replicas of the Solaris Volume Manager metadevice state database (see the metadb(1M) man page).

metaset

Configure disk sets (see the metaset(1M) man page).

mhd

Multihost disk control operations (see the mhd(7i) man page).

MIB

Management Information Base

minimizing

Installing the minimum number of core Oracle Solaris OS package necessary

MMF

Multimode fiber

MMU

Memory management unit

mpgroup

Multipathing group name for virtual disk failover

mtu

Maximum transmission unit

N

NAT

Network Address Translation

ndpsldcc

Netra DPS Logical Domain Channel Client. See also vdpcc.

ndpsldcs

Netra DPS Logical Domain Channel Service. See also vdpcs.

NFS

Network file system

NIS

Network Information Services

NIU

Network Interface Unit (Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers)

NTS

Network terminal server

NVRAM

Non-volatile random-access memory

nxge

Driver for an NIU 10Gb Ethernet adapter

O

OID

Object identifier, which is a sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies each object in a MIB

OS

Operating system

OVF

Open Virtualization Format

P

P2V

Logical Domains Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Tool

PA

Physical address

PCI

Peripheral component interconnect bus

PCIe

PCI EXPRESS bus

PCI-X

PCI Extended bus

pcpu

Physical CPU

physio

Physical input/output

PICL

Platform Information and Control Library

picld

PICL daemon (see the picld(1M) man page).

PM

Power management of virtual CPUs and memory

praudit

Print contents of an audit trail file (see the praudit(1M) man page).

PRI

Priority

PROM

Programmable read-only memory

R

RA

Real address

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

RBAC

Role-Based Access Control

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

S

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.

system controller (SC)

Also see 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

SMA

System Management Agent

SMF

Service Management Facility

SMI

Structure of Management Information

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

service processor (SP)

The SP, also known as the system controller (SC), monitors and runs the physical machine.

SSH

Secure Shell

ssh

Secure Shell command (see the ssh(1) man page).

sshd

Secure Shell daemon (see the sshd(1M) man page).

SunVTS

Sun Validation Test Suite

svcadm

Manipulates service instances (see the svcadm(1M) man page).

T

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TLS

Transport Layer Security

U

UDP

User Diagram Protocol

UFS

UNIX File System

unicast

Network communication that takes place between a single sender and a single receiver

USB

Universal Serial Bus

uscsi

User SCSI command interface (see the uscsi(7I) man page).

UTP

Unshielded twisted pair

V

var

Variable

VBSC

Virtual blade system controller

vcc, vconscon

Virtual console concentrator service with a specific port range to assign to guest domains

vcons, vconsole

Virtual console for accessing system-level messages. A connection is achieved by connecting to the vconscon service in the control domain at a specific port.

vcpu

Virtual central processing unit. Each core in a server is represented as a virtual CPU. For example, an 8-core Sun Fire T2000 Server from Oracle has 32 virtual CPUs that can be allocated among the logical domains.

vdc

Virtual disk client

vdisk

A virtual disk is a generic block device associated with different types of physical devices, volumes, or files.

vdpcc

Virtual data plane channel client in a Netra DPS environment

vdpcs

Virtual data plane channel service in a Netra DPS environment

vds, vdiskserver

Virtual disk server enables 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 by using the virtual network switch (vswitch)

vNTS

Virtual network terminal service

vntsd

Oracle Solaris 10 OS virtual network terminal server daemon for Logical Domains consoles (see the vntsd(1M) man page).

volfs

Volume Management file system (see the volfs(7FS) man page).

vsw, vswitch

Virtual network switch that connects the virtual network devices to the external network and also switches packets between them

VTOC

Volume table of contents

VxDMP

Veritas Dynamic Multipathing

VxVM

Veritas Volume Manager

W

WAN

Wide-area network

X

XFP

eXtreme Fast Path

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

Z

ZFS

Zettabyte File System (Oracle Solaris 10 OS)

zpool

ZFS storage pool (see the zpool(1M) man page).

ZVOL

ZFS Volume Emulation Driver