Glossary

Automatic Port Aggregation. A combination of LAN ports that can be accessed through a single interface name.

A vswitch that is dedicated to use by a certain virtual machine. This type of vswitch cannot be shared by multiple virtual machines running at the same time.

The controlling operating system that allows multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) to be booted on a single server or nPartition.

The management application responsible for managing and configuring HP Integrity Virtual Machines. Also called VM Manager.

A system running under HP SIM.

Network interface card. Also called LAN card or PPA.

A vswitch than can be used by more than one virtual machine.

A software entity provided by HP Integrity VM. This technology allows a single server or nPartition to act as a VM Host for multiple individual virtual machines, each running its own instance of an operating system (referred to as a guest OS). Virtual machines are servers in the Virtual Server Environment (VSE).

The user-mode application that provides console emulation for virtual machines. Each instance of the virtual machine console is one console session for its associated virtual machine.

Virtual switch. Refers to both a dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM) and a user-mode component implementing a virtual network switch. The virtualized network interface cards (NICs) for guest machines are attached to the virtual switches.

Web-Based Enterprise Management. A set of web-based information services standards developed by the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. A WBEM Provider offers access to a resource. WBEM clients send requests to providers to get information about and access to the registered resources.