Glossary

A

APIs

Application Programmatic Interfaces.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol.

B

bridge

A device that connects multiple network components or segments.

BUI

Browser user interface.

C

C

C programming language.

CIM

Common Information Model.

CLI

Command line interface.

CRU

Customer-replaceable unit.

D

DIMM

Dual in-line memory module.

F

FBA

Frame backplane adaptor, which is connected directly to the node and mates with the FBS.

FBH

Frame backplane harness.

FBN

See FBS PCB.

FBS

Frame backplane segment, which is attached to the modular system frame and provides the connector to the node FBAs.

FBS PCB

FBS printed circuit board (previously FBN). See also FBS.

FMM

Frame monitoring module. Provides the backplane features for nodes, networking, and storage devices in the system. The FMM manages the frame backplane nodes and provides a management switch for the management components installed in the system.

FRU

Field-replacable unit.

FSA

Frame System Agent. See also SMS.

H

HA

High availability.

HDD

Hard disk drive.

HPI

Hardware Platform Interface.

HPI user

Hardware Platform Interface user.

http

Hypertext transfer protocol.

I

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service. One of three service models of cloud computing with Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).

IB

Inbound.

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol.

IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface.

J

JMX

Java Management Extension API.

O

OpenHPI

Open Hardware Platform Interface.

OoB

Out of bound.

Oracle ILOM

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Management.

P

PCB

Printed circuit board, inside the FBS.

PDU

Power distribution unit.

ping

An echo request message in ICMP.

PSK

Pre-shared key, used for authentication.

PSU

Power supply unit.

PVI

Private Virtual Interconnect.

Q

QOS

Quality of service.

R

resource

A resource represents the management access to a component in the system. Resources provide management capabilities such as power control and event logging. Additional capabilities might be provided through management instruments associated with a resource. These management instruments include sensors, controls, and inventory records. When applicable, management instruments are described in RDRs.

RDR

Resource data records. RDRs are contained in the RDR repository of the resource.

RMCP

Remote Management Control Protocol, which is LAN protocol over an IPMI subsystem.

RMS

rackmount server.

S

SA

Security association.

SAF

Service Availability Forum.

SDM

Simplified data model.

SLB

Server load balancing.

SP

Service processor.

SMS

System management software. See also FSA.

SNMP

Simple network management protocol.

SSD

System storage drives (internal USB storage).

T

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol.

tenant

One of multiple tenants in a hosted cloud computing virtual network configuration. A hosting provider connects multiple tenant networks to their network and offers secure network isolation for each user.

U

UDP

User Datagram Protocol.

V

VCPU

Virtual CPU.

VIP

Virtual IP address.

VM

Virtual machine.

VNI

Virtual Network Interface.

VPN

Virtual private network.

VRID

Virtual Router ID.

VRRP

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.

vSwitch

Virtual layer-2 switch in a virtualized network environment.

W

web tier

A web that includes components that interact with end users at the outermost tier of application grid infrastructure, typically through HTTP requests and responses.