Glossary

A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's immediate presence. HP Systems Insight Manager agents provide in-depth hardware and software information and subsystem status to HP Systems Insight Manager and numerous third-party management applications.

An aggregate data display that shows utilization data for all CPUs in a cluster. The display aggregates data for all nodes of the cluster onto one page, enabling you to see a cluster-level summary of data even though CPUs are monitored by a node-level Cluster Monitor Resource.

A link in the Aggregate Data area to see data for all objects in the cluster on a single page.

An aggregate data display that shows utilization data for all disks in a cluster. The display aggregates data for all nodes of the cluster onto one page, enabling you to see a cluster-level summary of data even though disks are monitored by a node-level Cluster Monitor Resource.

A user-configurable notification displayed in the banner of HP Systems Insight Manager when certain events happen. For instance, if a monitored item changes, an alarm notifies the user that a change has occurred.

Systems where any event types have occurred.

A default toolbox that provides complete access to all tools for the authorized system or system group.

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.

The process of identifying an individual, based on a username and password. Authentication is distinct from authorizations, and merely ensures that the individual is who they claim to be.

A mapping of a relationship between a user, a toolbox, and a system or system group.

The process that HP Systems Insight Manager 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 status.

A listing of the software components available in the repository that the Version Control Agent has been configured to point to. When browsing directly into a Version Control Agent, these additional components can be selected for installation.

The section of the graphical user interface (GUI) at the top of the screen that shows status information and provides access to HP Systems Insight Manager Home page and logout functions.

A server that is located in a rack or enclosure.

A feature designed to provide visual representation of ProLiant BL e-Class and p-Class servers within their respective enclosures and racks.

The method for grouping system or event searches.

A note to indicate that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information.

A system in the management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager software. All central operations within HP Systems Insight Manager are initiated from this system.

The rate for how often the Cluster Monitor CPU Resource checks CPU utilization as reported by HP Insight Management Agent on monitored nodes.

An electronic document that contains a subject's public key and identifying information about the subject. The certificate is signed by a Certification Authority (CA) to bind the key and subject identification together.

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.

A status condition that indicates a system is cleared.

Changing the event status from uncleared to cleared.

HP desktop, portable, and workstation systems.

A parallel or distributed computing system made up of many discrete systems that form a single, unified computing resource. Clusters vary in their features, complexity, and the purposes for which they are best suited.

A display area that shows the control data for a specific cluster. Control data is location, IP address, operator name, phone, e-mail, and pager.

Information fields referencing the cluster.

The IP address of the cluster.

A core component of HP Systems Insight Manager. Cluster Monitor adds the ability to monitor and manage multi-node clusters. Cluster Monitor also manages multiple cluster platforms in a heterogeneous environment.

A program that provides a monitoring or management function for clustered nodes in a cluster.

The page used to enter problem reporting and administrative information for the clusters you manage. This information is displayed in:

Information about cluster systems. This information is stored in the database.

Also known as tree topology. A window that is displayed at the top left of the Cluster Monitor page. This page displays a tree list of all clustered or managed nodes for which the administrator is responsible. Each tree item is color coded to reflect status.

The command line is where commands can be executed directly from the command shell of the operating system command shell.

An object-oriented schema defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). CIM is an information model guide that describes and shares management information enterprise-wide. CIM is designed for extending each management environment in which it is used.

A component is a single, self-describing, installable (interactive or silent) binary file containing a single piece of software, such as firmware image, driver, agent, or utility, that is supported by the management and update tools.

The Survey Utility that contains reports that show configuration details for server and compares configuration history files for differences.

Sequences of instructions that are associated with a search, event, or both, such as Delete Events, Remove Disk Thresholds, Set Disk Threshold, and Set Device Access community strings.

A state generated when HP Systems Insight Manager can no longer communicate to a managed system.

Tasks that launch an application on the server that is running HP Systems Insight Manager.

Data collection reports include information about discovered systems in a single instance or a historical trend analysis report. HP Systems Insight Manager supports Overwrite existing data set (for detailed analysis) formerly known as Single Instance Data Collection task in Insight Manager 7 and Append new data set (for historical trend analysis) formerly known as Historical Data Collection task Insight Manager 7. With Overwrite existing data set (for detailed analysis), data is collected from a system at a single instance. With Append new data set (for historical trend analysis), data detailing the system history is collected.

Procedure that involves gathering information from a group of managed systems and storing that information in the database. HP Systems Insight Manager uses Hardware Status Polling and Data Collection Tasks to implement collection.

An industry standard protocol, primarily used in client management, established by the DMTF. DMI provides an efficient means of reporting client system problems. DMI-compliant computers can send status information to a central management system over a network.

An industry standard body that defines DMI and WBEM standards for the industry. HP is an active sponsor and participant in the DMTF body.

A technology used to validate the sender of a transaction. This technology uses private keys to digitally sign the data and public keys to verify the sender.

A feature within a management application that finds and identifies network objects. In HP management applications, discovery finds and identifies all the HP systems within a specified network range.

Enables users with full configuration rights to prevent or allow certain system types from ever being added to the database.

Files that can be used by automatic discovery in lieu of typing the addresses directly in to the Ping inclusion ranges or Exclusion ranges fields on the Automatic Discovery - General Settings page, and are designed to be used as a quick way to change the scope of automatic discovery.

An extension of the Component Object Model (COM) that allows COM components to communicate between clients and servers on the same network.

A management application that manages the remote execution of tasks on managed systems.

A service that translates domain names into IP addresses.

One of the notification tasks in HP Systems Insight Manager that sends notifications through e-mail. If two users are adding, editing, or deleting a task simultaneously, the task reflects the changes from the last user who saves the task.

To modify existing lists to add or remove search criteria.

A physical container for a set of blades servers. It consists of a backplane that routes power and communication signals and additional hardware for cabling and thermal issues. It also hosts the CPU or server power supplies.

Information sent to certain users that something in the managed environment has changed. Events are generated from SNMP traps and are preconfigured in this release. HP Systems Insight Manager receives a trap when an important event occurs. Events are defined as:

A chart that summarizes the uncleared events by product type.

Third-party application URLs.

A user who is automatically authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including the CMS. This type of user has been given special privileges to administer the HP Systems Insight Manager software.

A program interface that takes advantage of the graphics capabilities of the computer to make the program easier to use. The HP Systems Insight Manager GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a Web browser.

A file that includes all critical system information from the HP Systems Insight Manager database, such as IP addresses.

A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's immediate presence.

Provides central management and control of Virtual Machines on Microsoft Virtual server, Vmware’s GSX and ESX. Integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager, VMM provides unified management of HP ProLiant host servers and Virtual Machines.

The database that stores vital information about the managed cluster including: users, nodes, node groups, roles, tools, and authorizations.

The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web.

An aspect of the discovery process that identifies the management protocol and type of system.

A particular HP software component that is installed on the server the Version Control Agent is installed on.

Specifies the format of datagrams (packets) and the addressing scheme on a network. Most networks combine IP with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which establishes a virtual connection between a destination and a source.

A networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating systems, and is a datagram (packet) protocol used for connectionless communications.

Systems with an IP address that falls in the specified range.

Similar to ODBC, this set of APIs provides a standard mechanism to allow Java applets access to a database.

A set of protocols that enable Java objects to communicate remotely with other Java objects.

A value used either alone or with an encryption decoder (corresponding public or private key) for cryptography. In traditional private key cryptography, the communicators share a key or cipher so that each can encrypt and decrypt messages. The risk in this system is that if any party loses the key, the system is broken. In public key cryptography, the private key is associated with a public key, so each person in the system has a personal private key that is never shared.

A database that maintains a list of keys. The keystore can contain a subject's own private key. A keystore can also contain a list of public keys, as published in certificates.

A user who has limited capability to configure the CMS. Limited configuration rights users have permission to create, modify, and delete all reports and their own tools.

Aggregate status information collected from the system that indicates one or more of the monitored subsystems are not operating properly which is impacting the system. Action should be taken immediately.

Also known as a cluster node. A configured cluster system for which the HP Systems Insight Manager Cluster Monitor is monitoring activities.

Any system managed by HP Systems Insight Manager, such as servers, desktops, and RIB.

A daemon or process running on a managed system. It receives and executes requests from the CMS on the managed system.

A collection of resources called managed systems that have been placed under the control of the HP Systems Insight Manager. Each central management server is responsible for a management domain. The managed systems can belong to more than one management domain.

The data specification for passing information using the SNMP protocol. A MIB is also a database of managed objects accessed by network management protocols.

An ASCII text file in the DMI architecture that describes the manageable features and attributes of a product. The DMI maintains this information in a MIF database and makes it available to operating systems and management applications. The DMTF has specified MIF formats for a variety of system types and peripheral systems.

Agents running on systems that provide management information for HTTP, DMI, or SNMP protocols.

A LAN dedicated to the communications necessary for managing systems. It is typically a moderate bandwidth (10/100 baseT) and secured through limited access.

A set of protocols, such as WBEM, HTTP, SNMP, or DMI, to establish communication with discovered systems.

A set of systems within the set of all discovered systems that HP Systems Insight Manager manages.

The provider of a core set of capabilities such as auto-discovery, data collection, a central repository for system and event information, event management, basic notification, and secure access. These functions are used by add-ins from HP, a Management Solutions Partner, and/or HP Systems Insight Manager end users.

Procedures you set up to search systems or events.

Processes that enable you to bypass a full discovery for the following tasks:

A page that summarizes cluster status as defined by Microsoft Cluster Server and lists the status and values of MSCS-defined cluster attributes. The Cluster Monitor uses color to display status based on MSCS condition values (Normal, Degraded, Failed, and Other).

Aggregate status information collected from the system that indicates one or more of the monitored subsystems are not operating properly which is impacting the system. Action should be taken as soon as possible to prevent further failure.

A default toolbox that contains tools that display the state of managed systems, but not tools that change the state of managed systems.

A run type that supports multi-system operations. Tools with this run type operate on the target nodes using their own internal mechanisms instead of using the distributed task facility. The MSA run type uses the distributed task facility to launch the tool on a single node before the tool interacting with the other managed nodes.

A user who cannot configure the CMS. However, the user can view and run predefined reports on the CMS and all managed systems.

Any system on the network that can communicate with HP Systems Insight Manager, including servers, printers, workstations, hubs, and routers. Nodes must be added to an HP Systems Insight Manager management domain, and they can be assigned to one or more node groups by a trusted user.

A group of nodes defined by a trusted user to divide a network into manageable units. Nodes in a node group usually have something in common like operating system type, backup schedule, application type, or hardware type.

This section indicates whether the software on the server that the Version Control Agent is installed on has any updates available within the repository in which it has been configured to monitor.

A software solution that detects, analyzes, and explains hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers. PMP tools consist of Online Analysis, Offline Analysis, CSV File Generator Report, System Summary Report, Status Analysis Report, Configuration, Licensing, and Manual Log Purge.

The contractual permissions granted by HP to the customer in the form of a coded embodiment of a license that represents a specific instance of a license. A single license may be represented by a single key or by a collection of keys.

A set of HP software components that have been bundled together by HP, and verified to work with a particular operating system. A ProLiant Support Pack contains driver components, agent components, and application and utility components. All of these are verified to install together.

A set of components cabled together to communicate between themselves. A rack is a container for an enclosure.

The Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful package manager that can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall individual software packages. A package consists of an archive of files and package information, including name, version, and description.

A baseline bundle of HP software components that the Version Control Agent can be configured to point to in the repository. This setting enables users to indicate that they want to keep all of their software up to a certain Support Pack level.

Sometimes referred to as Wake-On-LAN (WOL). The remote powering up of a system through its resident WOL network card, provided that the system has been ENABLED to be so awakened using the ROM or F10 Setup.

This is a capability on which HP Systems Insight Manager relies to turn on the systems for scheduled Software Updates or Replicate Agent Settings.

A task provided by HP Systems Insight Manager to remove disk thresholds for systems in an associated list. This task only removes disk thresholds that were set by HP Systems Insight Manager or by browsing directly to the Web agent. Any thresholds set by HP Systems Insight Manager for Windows 32, including disk thresholds, are not removed by this task.

A tool that can be used to copy Web-based agent settings to a group of systems.

A directory containing ProLiant Support Pack or Integrity Support Packs and Smart Components.

A definition of responsibilities related to an operation or process. Each HP Systems Insight Manager role is associated with a set of tools.

Conditions, policies, or criteria applied to system information to determine what it is.

A set of variables (information) used to define a requested subset of information from the set of all information. The information set that can be filtered includes action information, some of the system information, and so on. A filter is composed of an inclusion filter followed by an exclusion filter. The result of these two filtering operations is called a group. An example of a filter is an SQL statement that creates viewable information or causes management operations to be performed.

An extension to the HTTP protocol that supports sending data securely over the Web.

A program to log into another system over a network and execute commands on that system. It also enables you to move files from one system to another, and it provides authentication and secure communications over insecure channels.

A standard protocol layer that lies between HTTP and TCP and provides privacy and message integrity between a client and server. A common usage of SSL is to provide authentication of the server, so clients can be assured they are communicating with the server it claims to be. It is application protocol independent.

A feature of HP Systems Insight Manager that securely executes a task from a managed system. STE ensures that the user requesting the task has the appropriate rights to perform the task, and encrypts the request to protect data from snooping.

A feature that enables administrators to restrict system access and manage access on a per-user or per-group basis. This capability enables systems administrators to delegate tasks to junior staff without providing access to advanced or dangerous features. It also enables systems administrators to delegate management of systems to specific organizations or customers without providing access to systems owned by other organizations or customers.

A certificate that is its own Certificate Authority (CA), such that the subject and the CA are the same.

A NetWare protocol used to identify the services and addresses of servers attached to the network.

A task provided by HP Systems Insight Manager to set a disk threshold for systems in an associated list. This threshold is set on all disk volumes on the target system.

A convenient way to send brief text messages directly to a wireless phone. There is a maximum message length of 140 characters.

One of the management protocols supported by HP Systems Insight Manager. Traditional management protocol used extensively by networking systems and most servers. MIB-2 is the standard information available consistently across all vendors.

Permission granted to an authenticated user browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager to browse to any of the managed systems from within HP Systems Insight Manager without re-authenticating to the managed system. HP Systems Insight Manager is the initial point of authentication, and browsing to another managed system must be from within HP Systems Insight Manager.

A run type that does not support multi-node operations. Tools with this run type are only aware of the node on which they are running.

Default SNMP community string used when communicating with systems supporting SNMP communications.

Asynchronous event generated by an SNMP agent that the system uses to communicate a fault.

A listing of the HP software installed on the system where the Version Control Agent is installed.

A task to remotely update software and firmware.

The act of a website posing as another site to gather confidential or sensitive information, alter data transactions, or present false or misleading data.

The default place where the system writes error messages. The default is the terminal display.

The default place to which a program writes its output. The default is the terminal display.

A list created by Cluster Management Resources to collect entries found in the bottom left area of the Cluster Monitor page to bring your attention to cluster attributes that are in an abnormal state.

The list header summary of the total number of status messages in the list and, in parentheses, the number of status messages that have not been examined.

Messages about system status, listed in order of descending priority (Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, and Unknown) and decreasing age (oldest, longest outstanding status messages first; most recent status messages last). So, the oldest critical message appears first followed by most recent critical messages, then the oldest warning message followed by more recent warnings, then the oldest unknown status message followed by most recent unknown status messages.

Each status message is a link to a display of relevant information. Click a message to display this information in the Data Viewer area.

The classification of status messages (Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, and Unknown).

On TCP/IP networks, subnets are all systems whose IP addresses have the same prefix. For example, all systems with IP addresses that start with 10.10.10. would be part of the same subnet.

An agent (or online service tool) that gathers and delivers hardware and operating system configuration information. This information is gathered while the server is online.

A common key that both the server and receiver of a message share and use to encrypt and decrypt a message.

Nodes on the network that communicate through TCP/IP or IPX. To manage a system, some type of management protocol (for example, SNMP, DMI, or WBEM) must be present on the system. Examples of systems include servers, workstations, desktops, portables, routers, switches, hubs, and gateways.

Requests for data about aggregate system status, proactive subsystem status, and detailed component information on servers, workstations, desktops, and portables, irrespective of management protocol.

Identifying information about systems. This information is stored in the database. The following information is identified:

Information that is provided on the System Page under the Identity tab. The system information includes:

Agents that conform to the DMI V2 standard and have passed testing. The list of compliant DMI V2 agents can be found on http://www.dmtf.org.

Agents that conform to SNMP MIB-2 standards.

A summary information page for a specific system that has a management agent.

An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management Software to communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.

A report indicating the state of systems that is available at the time that HP Systems Insight Manager is first opened. A system search result contains the number of systems that are registered with the HP Systems Insight Manager databases. Systems are grouped by their status conditions. Each underlined number in a column is a hyperlink to a more detailed list of systems, which displays the systems that correspond to the number in the overview.

Logical grouping of systems into a collection based on information in the HP Systems Insight Manager database. After a search is defined, you can display the results from the system view page or associate it with a management task.

The result of a system search.

The operating state of SNMP-based systems. A system status is determined by polling SNMP information from the system. This is the same as hardware status. Status is defined as:

One of 12 supplied types. You can add your own based on one of these types, for example, use Server type to create MyServer type. It is still a server and is reported on in the same way, but it has your designation.

A utility that enables you to modify the default behavior of discovery and identification of objects classified as Unknown or as another category of systems are discovered and identified precisely as you require. HP Systems Insight Manager discovers and identifies the system and applies the new information when an Unknown system matches a rule set that you specify as the primary rule set. Furthermore, creating the new system type provides a System Link page for viewing the information returned from the system agent or from the communication protocol of SNMP or DMI.

An executed instance of an HP Systems Insight Manager tool, on one or more systems or systems groups, with a specific set of arguments.

A master scheduling tool for the scheduling of polling, control, and notification tasks.

A preset limit that produces an event when the limit is reached or exceeded.

An action that schedules necessary events. Examples of events include backups, disk storage cleanup, and so on. The user defines the tools in this category.

An open source implementation of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies that is used by HP Systems Insight Manager as a Web server.

An application, command, or script that can be executed by HP Systems Insight Manager on one or more systems to perform a task.

An organizational structure for grouping tools. A tool must belong to one and only one category. Tool categories can only contain tools. They cannot contain other tool categories.

A defined set of tools that a user might need for a particular task, such as database administration or software management.

An unsolicited message generated by a management agent that indicates that an event has occurred. For example, a monitored item has exceeded a set threshold or changed status. Previously called alarm.

Event list systems found by event type. SNMP traps categorized by HP Systems Insight Manager into logical groups according to their functions.

The IP address of a system that has been specified to receive trap notifications forwarded by the HP Systems Insight Manager systems.

The classification of a system, which identifies it as a standard system type. The system types are client, cluster, portable, printer, remote access device, repeater, router, server, switch, unknown, workstation, and other.

Events that have a Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, or Informational severity.

HP Systems Insight Manager is not able to obtain management information about the system using SNMP or DMI. Although no management instrumentation information is available, the system can be pinged. It might have an invalid community string or security setting.

A network user with a valid login on the CMS that has been added to HP Systems Insight Manager.

Accounts used to log into HP Systems Insight Manager. These accounts associate a local Windows user account or a domain account with privilege levels and paging attributes inside HP Systems Insight Manager.

A page in HP Systems Insight Manager that provides the ability to create and define users that have access to the management application and associated rights.

A feature that verifies the versions of HP operating system drivers, HP Systems Insight Manager Agents, HP utilities, and firmware on the user's system. It compares them with the Version Control Database (VCDB) of current software and firmware versions. Version Control then indicates that the software is current or that an upgrade is available and provides reasons for upgrading.

Version information appears as a system link for a system.

An agent that is installed on a server to enable you to see the HP software installed on that server. The Version Control Agent can be configured to point to a Version Control Repository Manager agent, enabling easy version comparison and software update from the repository.

A listing of all the software maintenance tasks completed by the Version Control Agent and reports resulting from those tasks.

An HP agent that enables a customer to manage HP provided software stored in a user-defined repository.

HP WBEM Services for HP-UX is an HP product that uses WBEM and DMTF standards to manage HP-UX system resources.

An initiative based on a set of management and Internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments.

A run type for tools that are launched in a Web browser using a Web server. WLA tools can be designed to deal with multiple systems.

An API in the Windows operating system that enables systems in a network, typically enterprise networks, to be managed and controlled.

The section of the GUI where tools are displayed.

An application or tool that appears on an X server. X clients can also be called X applications.

A local application that accepts X client requests and acts on them.

A cross-platform windowing system that uses the client/server model to distribute services across a network. It enables applications or tools to run on a remote computer.

A collection of data represented in XML.