HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Incident reports are sent from the OSM workstations defined as the primary and backup
dial-out points (the primary and backup system consoles.

Note: Remote access and remote notification are not available in countries where the

modem provided by HP is not certified. In these countries, you cannot use the
OSM software to dial out to or accept dial-in communications from a service
provider.

discovery

The process by which the OSM Service Connection determines the supported resources
that exist on a NonStop" server, including

customer-replaceable units (CRUs)

,

field-replaceable units (FRUs)

, and their subcomponents; I/O process names; and device

states. I/O process names (or logical names) are available only to the OSM Service
Connection.

See also

initial discovery

.

disk drive

A device that stores data on a disk and provides random access to addressable locations
on the disk. There are two types of disk drives:

On magnetic drives, access is provided by magnetic read/write heads.

On optical drives, access is provided by a low-intensity laser beam.

disk volume

A logical disk drive. A volume can be one or two physical drives. In NonStop servers,
volumes have names that begin with a dollar sign ($), such as $DATA.

domain

A set of objects on the

server

over which control or ownership is maintained.

download

To transfer software from one location to another, where the transferring entity initiates
the transfer.

dump

To copy the contents of a

processor's

memory onto disk or magnetic tape for later

analysis, as in a tape dump.

dynamic information

Information that represents the set of supported resources that actually exist in the current
configuration of the

server

. Dynamic information is gathered from a server through the

process of

discovery

.

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