HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 645)

glossary
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agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
immediate presence. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) agents provide in-depth hardware
and software information and subsystem status to HP SIM and numerous third-party management
applications.
See also management agent.
alarm A user-configurable notification displayed in the System Status panel of HP SIM when certain
events occur. For instance, if a monitored item changes, an alarm notifies the user that a change
has occurred.
See also trap, event.
all events collection Displays all events that have occurred for all systems.
All Tools toolbox A default toolbox that provides complete access to all tools for the authorized system or system
group.
attribute A single characteristic of a manageable product or component, as in an attribute of a Management
Information Format (MIF) file. A set of related attributes constitutes a group. For example, the
clock speed of a processor chip is an attribute of a group that describes that chip.
See also Management Information Format.
authentication The process of identifying an individual, based on a user name and password. Authentication is
distinct from authorizations and ensures that the individual is who they claim to be.
authorizations A mapping of a relationship between a user, a toolbox, and a system or system group.
automatic
discovery The process that HP SIM uses to find and identify the systems on your network and populate the
database with that information. A system must first be discovered to collect data and track system
health status. The primary source for automatic discovery is ping sweeps configured in the
automatic discovery tasks page. Other sources might include receiving events from unknown
systems or from a management processor that has information about a server. Identification
automatically runs on discovered systems.
available software A listing of the software components available in the repository to which the HP Version Control
Agent (VCA) has been configured to point. When browsing directly into a VCA, these additional
components can be selected for installation.
B
banner The section of the GUI at the top of the screen that includes the user name and links to the Home
page and sign out functions.
C
caution A note to indicate that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of
information.
Central
Management
Server (CMS) A system in the management domain that executes the HP SIM software. All central operations
within HP SIM are initiated from this system.
central processing
unit polling rate The rate for how often the Cluster Monitor CPU Resource checks CPU utilization as reported by
HP Insight Management Agent on monitored systems.
certificate An electronic document that contains a subject's public key and identifying information about
the subject. The certificate is signed by a certificate authority (CA) to bind the key and subject
identification together.
See also certificate authority.
certificate authority
(CA) A trusted third-party organization or company that issues digital certificates used to create digital
signatures and public-private key pairs. The role of the CA in this process is to guarantee that the
individual who has been granted the unique certificate is the individual they claim to be.
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