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maintenance entity

A processing entity in a single HP NonStop™ system that collects state information,
environmental information, and failure data about the system resource or resources for
which the maintenance entity is responsible. A maintenance entity can include both
physical and software components, and a system can contain multiple maintenance
entities. For example, each I/O adapter module (IOAM) and processor switch has its own
maintenance entity.

maintenance switch

The Ethernet switch that links the maintenance entities in various modular components to
the OSM interface.

Management window

The Management window provides an easy way to browse through a complex system
installation. It contains four panes.

The left pane is the tree pane. It displays a hierarchical tree structure containing server or
cluster resources that you can select.

The lower-right pane is the overview pane. It displays only the high-level system objects
(such as internal fabrics and groups). When you click the Cluster tab, the overview pane
displays only the high-level cluster objects (external fabrics, local node, and remote
nodes). The overview pane does not appear in the OSM Low-Level Link.

The top pane is the view pane. It might contain a

Physical view

or an

Inventory view

.

You can select the type of view from the Display menu or the toolbar.

The lower pane is the details pane. It displays the specific information about the selected
resource. Click a tab to select the type of information to display in the details pane.

master service processor (MSP)

A type of service processor (SP) pair that provides the basic service processor functions
as well as centralized system functions such as a console port, a modem port for remote
support functions, and system-load control. The OSM system console communicates
directly with the MSPs on the server. The

enclosure

containing processors 0 and 1

contains the MSP pair.

media access control (MAC) address

A value in the medium access control sublayer of the IEEE/ISO/ANSI

local area network

(LAN)

architecture that uniquely identifies an individual station implementing a single

point of physical attachment to a LAN.

Media Interface Connector (MIC)

A type of head on a fiber-optic cable that has locking wings on the sides.

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