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Glossary-12 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide • December 2005
keyboard, video,
mouse, storage
(KVMS) A series of interfaces that enables a system to respond to keyboard, video,
mouse, and storage events.
L
lights out management
(LOM) Technology that provides the capability for out-of-band communication with
the server even if the operating system is not running. This enables the system
administrator to switch the server on and off; view system temperatures, fan
speeds, and so forth; and restart the system from a remote location.
Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol
(LDAP) A directory service protocol used for the storage, retrieval, and distribution of
information, including user profiles, distribution lists, and configuration data.
LDAP runs over Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
and across multiple platforms.
Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP)
server A software server that maintains an LDAP directory and service queries to the
directory. The Sun Directory Services and the Netscape Directory Services are
implementations of an LDAP server.
Linux Loader (LILO) A boot loader for Linux.
local area network
(LAN) A group of systems in close proximity that can communicate via connecting
hardware and software. Ethernet is the most widely used LAN technology.
local host The processor or system on which a software application is running.
M
Major event A system event that occurred that impairs service, but not seriously.
Management
Information Base
(MIB) A tree-like, hierarchical system for classifying information about resources in a
network. The MIB defines the variables that the master Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) agent can access. The MIB provides access to