Glossary

A

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol.

B

bridge

A device that connects multiple network components or segments.

C

CIM

Common Information Model.

CLI

Command line interface.

F

FBA

Frame backplane adaptor (attached to a node).

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 (also known as FBN). See also FBS.

FMM

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

FSA

Frame system agent.

H

HA

High availability.

HPI

Hardware Platform Interface.

HPI user

Any software that uses the HPI. Software includes an operating system, high-availability middleware, application software, and so on.

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.

ILOM

See Oracle ILOM.

J

JMX

Java Management Extension API.

M

modular system

Shortened name for Oracle's Netra Modular System.

O

OpenHPI

Open Hardware Platform Interface.

OOB

Out-of-bound.

Oracle ILOM

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager.

P

ping

An echo request message in ICMP.

PSK

Pre-shared key, used for authentication.

PVI

Private Virtual Interconnect.

Q

QOS

Quality of service.

R

resource

Represents the management access to a component in the system. Provides 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, a protocol for sending IPMI messages over a LAN.

RMS

Rackmount server.

RPT

Resource Presence Table.

S

SA

Security association.

SAF

Service Availability Forum.

SDM

Simplified data model.

SLB

Server load balancing.

SP

Service processor.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol.

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.