HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 117)

Glossary
administrator A user who manages users, resource pools, and self-service requests through HP Insight
Orchestration console.
allocation A request is assigned server, storage, and network resources based on the criteria defined in
the template, resource pools assigned to the user, and the current reservations or allocations
of resources completed by Insight Orchestration.
approvals A permission given to a user-generated request by an administrator. Approvals occur during
the allocation and provisioning phases of creating or updating a service.
architect A user who creates a multi-server infrastructure template using HP Insight Orchestration
Designer (a graphical designer) and then publishes the template for other users to create
infrastructure services
central
management
server 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.
CMS See central management server.
command view Software and servers that manage HP Storage Arrays.
CSI See Common Storage Interface.
Designer A web application that enables you to plan and design multi-server, multi-tier infrastructures
using a drag-and-drop interface.
discovery 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.
Enterprise Virtual
Array An HP storage array product line.
ESA See Extensible Storage and Server Adapter.
ESX VMware's enterprise-level virtualization product.
EVA See Enterprise Virtual Array.
Extensible
Storage and
Server Adapter An HP adapter to connect Insight Orchestration and HP Insight Dynamics to non-HP servers
or third party storage devices.
FC See Fibre Channel.
Fibre Channel A high speed storage networking standard.
Flex-FC A technique that uses sets of pre-allocated SAN resources to a share storage pool available to
one or many physical servers: N_Port ID Virtualization.
HBA See Host Bus Adapter.
Host Bus Adapter A circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter that provides input/output processing and
physical connectivity between a server and a storage device.
HP Insight Rapid
Deployment
software An HP software (operating system and applications) deployment product.
HP SIM See HP Systems Insight Manager.
HP Storage
Provisioning
Manager An HP storage interface to connect Insight Orchestration to HP storage devices.
HP Systems
Insight Manager An HP systems and resources monitoring and management product.
IE See Internet Explorer.
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