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Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide • December 2005
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP)
The Internet protocol that retrieves hypertext objects from remote hosts. HTTP
messages consist of requests from client to server and responses from server to
client. HTTP is based on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP).
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Secure
(HTTPS)
An extension of HTTP that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to enable secure
transmissions over a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) network.
I
in-band system
management
Server management capability that is enabled only when the operating system
is initialized and the server is functioning properly.
install server
A server that provides the Solaris software DVD or CD images from which
other systems on a network can install the Solaris software.
Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM)
An integrated hardware, firmware, and software solution for in-chassis or in-
blade system management.
Intelligent Platform
Management Interface
(IPMI)
A hardware-level interface specification that was designed primarily for out-
of-band management of server systems over a number of different physical
interconnects. The IPMI specification describes extensive abstractions
regarding sensors, enabling a management application running on the
operating system (OS) or in a remote system to comprehend the environmental
makeup of the system and to register with the system’s IPMI subsystem to
receive events. IPMI is compatible with management software from
heterogeneous vendors. IPMI functionality includes FRU inventory reporting,
system monitoring, logging, system recovery (including local and remote
system resets and power on and off capabilities), and alerting.
Internet Control
Message Protocol
(ICMP)
An extension to the Internet Protocol (IP) that provides for routing, reliability,
flow control, and sequencing of data. ICMP specifies error and control
messages used with the IP.