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AS
see Kerberos Authentication Server

CA
see certificate authority

caution

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

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.

certificate authority

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 he or she claims to be.

CLI
see command line interface

command line interface

The set of commands that you can execute directly from the command shell of an operating system.

Disks and File Systems tool

The HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb) tool is used to manage file systems, logical volumes, and disks. The Disks and File Systems tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.

DNS
see Domain Name Service

Domain Name Service

A service that translates domain names into IP addresses.

evweb
see System Fault Management tool

external sites

Third-party application URLs.

fsweb
see Disks and File Systems tool

graphical user interface

A program interface that uses the graphics capabilities of a computer to make the program easier to use. The HP SMH GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a Web browser.

GUI
see graphical user interface

HP Insight Management Agent

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

HP SIM
see HP Systems Insight Manager

HP SMH
see HP System Management Homepage

HP System Management Homepage

The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a Web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. By aggregating the data from HP Web-based agents and management utilities, HP SMH provides a common, easy-to-use interface for displaying hardware fault and status monitoring, performance data, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version control for an individual server. HP SMH is an integrated piece of software used by the 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.

HP Systems Insight Manager

System management software that is capable of managing a wide variety of systems, including HP systems, clusters, desktops, workstations, and portables. HP SIM combines the strengths of HP Insight Manager 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, HP Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running HP-UX, Linux, and Windows. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of system management with plugins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products. Plugins for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload management enable systems administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management of their hardware assets. For more information about HP SIM, go to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.

HP Version Control Repository Manager

An Insight Management Agent that allows a customer to manage HP-provided software stored in a user-defined directory/repository.

HP Web-enabled System Management Software

Software that manages HP Web-enabled products.

HTTPS
see Secure HTTP

in-place

Locally. For example to install in-place means to install locally.

Integrated Agents and Other Agents

The Integrated Agents area on the Tools page contains participants and links to their entry points if applicable. You can click an agent link to access that particular agent. Participants are agents that are contributing information contained in the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). If no HP Web-enabled System Management Software is installed that provides this information, then none is displayed.

The Other Agents area on the Tools page lists the visible HP Web-enabled System Management Software that does not participate in HP SMH. The name of the HP Web-enabled System Management Software provides a link so that you can still access the agents if they provide a user interface. If no HP Web-enabled System Management Software is installed that provides this information, then none is displayed.

Integrity Support Pack

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

Internet Protocol (IP) range

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

IP
see Internet Protocol (IP) range

kcweb
see Kernel Configuration tool

KDC
see Kerberos Key Distribution Center

Kerberos

A trusted third-party authentication protocol developed at MIT which allows different hosts and users to authenticate and confirm the identity of each other.

Kerberos Authentication Server

A service whose sole purpose is to authenticate user account records. The AS serves as an introducer for the user and the service through the use of a shared secret key registered with the AS.

Kerberos Key Distribution Center

Kerberos Key Distribution Center, composed of the Authentication Server and the Ticket Granting Server.

Kerberos Ticket Granting Server

Adds an extra layer of indirection so that the user only needs to enter in a password once; the ticket and session key obtained from that password is used for all further tickets. Before accessing any regular service, the user requests a ticket from the Authentication Server (AS) to talk to the TGS. This ticket is called the ticket granting ticket or TGT; it is also sometimes called the initial ticket. The session key for the TGT is encrypted using the user's long-term key, so the password is needed to decrypt it from the AS's reponse to the user.

Kernel Configuration tool

The HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb) tool is used to manage kernel tunables, modules and alarms. The Kernel Configuration tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

multihomed

Multiple names set to a certificate.

parMgr
see Partition Manager

Partition Manager

Provides system administrators with a convenient GUI to configure and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Perform complex configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. Select nPartitions, cells, I/O chassis, or other components from the graphical display, then select an action from a menu. You can use Partition Manager to perform the following tasks: create, modify, and delete nPartitions; examine the nPartition configuration of a complex, check the complex for potential configuration and hardware problems, and manage hardware resources on the complex.

At this time, HP System Management Homepage does not support Partition Manager.

pdweb
see Peripheral Device tool

Peripheral Device tool

The HP-UX Peripheral Device (pdweb) tool can be used to easily and quickly view I/O devices and OLRAD cards. It helps manage hot pluggable PCI slots on systems that support adding and replacing cards without rebooting. On all HP-UX systems, pdweb displays the I/O devices and can be used to (re)create device files for a selected device. The Peripheral Device tool can be launched the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.

PKI
see Public Key Infrastructure

Principal

Users or service / host which are present in a Kerberos realm and are allowed to authenticate to each other.

ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack

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

Public Key Infrastructure

Public Key Infrastructure is the combination of software, encryption technologies, and services that enables enterprises to protect the security of their communications and business transactions on the Internet.

Realm

Kerberos domain. Usually, it is the network's domain name in capital letters. For example, the Kerberos realm for the smhkerberos.com would conventionally be called SMHKERBEROS.COM.

Red Hat Package Manager

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.

repository

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

RPM
see Red Hat Package Manager

SAM

HP-UX System Administration Manager is the primary interface for HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) system management. For HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31), HP SMH provides the primary interface for HP-UX system administration tasks. The legacy SAM functionality is still available.

search criteria

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's information, and so on. A filter is composed of an permitted filter followed by a restricted filter. The result of these two filtering operations is called a group. An example of a filter is a SQL statement that creates viewable information or causes management operations to be performed.

Secure HTTP

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

Secure Shell

A program that enables you to sign in to 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.

Secure Sockets Layer

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

Secure Task Execution

Secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature of HP SMH ensures that the user requesting the task has the appropriate rights to perform the task and encrypts the request to protect data from snooping.

Security Attributes Configuration tool

The HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) tool is used to view and configure system-wide and per-user (local users and NIS users) values of security attributes. It also gives information about account locks. The Security Attributes Configuration tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool, or from HP SMH.

secweb
see Security Attributes Configuration tool

self-signed certificate

A certificate that is its own certificate authority (CA), so that the subject and the CA are the same.

see also certificate

see also certificate authority

single sign on

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

software update

A task to remotely update software and firmware.

SSH
see Secure Shell

SSL
see Secure Sockets Layer

status type

Systems of specified status type (Critical, Failed/Major, Degraded/Minor, Normal, and Unknown) as defined by HP SMH.

STE
see Secure Task Execution

survey utility

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.

System Fault Management tool

The System Fault Management (evweb) tool is used to view and administer WBEM indications. The evweb tool can be launched from HP SMH.

TGS
see Kerberos Ticket Granting Server

ugweb

Also known as Accounts for Users & Groups tool. The ugweb tool is used to manage user accounts and group accounts on the local system. This tool can also be used to manage user accounts on a NIS system. The ugweb tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.

URI

Provides methods to access a resource on the Internet. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).

URL

A global address of resources on the World Wide Web. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).

user

A network user with a valid sign in on the HP System Management Homepage.

user accounts

Accounts used to sign in to HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). These accounts associate a local Windows user, domain account, or an HP-UX or Linux user group with privilege levels and paging attributes inside HP SMH.

VCA
see HP VCA

VCRM
see HP VCRM

version control

Referred to as the HP VCRM installed on a Windows system for Windows and Linux Proliant or Integrity systems, and Software Distributor on HP-UX operating systems. Provides an overview of the software status for all managed ProLiant or Integrity systems and can update system software and firmware on those systems programmatically using predetermined criteria. Version control identifies systems that are running out-of-date system software, indicates if an upgrade is available, and provides reasons for upgrading. For HP-UX systems, Software Distributor can be launched from an HP Systems Insight Manager CMS against one or more installed HP-UX systems.

Version Control Agent

An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a system to enable the customer to see the HP software installed on that server. The HP VCA can be configured to point to a HP VCRM, allowing easy version comparison and software update from the repository.

WBEM
see Web-Based Enterprise Management

Web-Based Enterprise Management

Is a platform and resource independent DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) standard that defines both a common model (for example, description) and protocol (for example, interface) for monitoring and controlling a diverse set of resources. The HP WBEM Services for HP-UX products is the HP-UX implementation of the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) WBEM standard.