HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 236)

server Physical server:
Hardware that can run one or more operating systems, including a partitionable complex .
Also, hardware that can run an instance of the vPars monitor . Server hardware includes one
1.
or more cabinets containing all the available processing cores , memory, I/O, and power
and cooling components. HP Integrity servers include two types of server hardware:
standalone servers and cell-based servers.
2. Virtual server:
A software-based virtual environment that can run an operating system. A virtual server
includes a subset of the server hardware resources, including
cores , memory, and I/O.
Virtual servers may be virtual partitions under vPars or virtual machines under Integrity VM .
3. Systems Insight Manager uses the term “server” for any standalone server, nPartition, or
virtual server that is running an instance of an operating system or an instance of the vPars
monitor.
See also system.
Service Processor An independent support processor for HP servers that support nPartitions . The Service Processor
provides a menu of service-level commands, plus commands to reset and reboot nPartitions and
configure various parameters.
The Service Processor in HP servers is sometimes called the Management Processor (MP) or the
Guardian Service Processor (GSP).
Serviceguard Specialized software for protecting mission-critical applications from a wide variety of hardware
and software failures. With Serviceguard, multiple servers (nodes) and/or server partitions are
organized into an enterprise cluster that delivers highly available application services to
LAN-attached clients. HP Serviceguard monitors the health of each node and rapidly responds
to failures in a way that minimizes or eliminates application downtime.
Serviceguard
cluster A Serviceguard cluster is a networked grouping of HP 9000 or HP Integrity servers (host systems
known as nodes) having sufficient redundancy of software and hardware that a single point of
failure will not significantly disrupt service.
Serviceguard
package Packages are the means by which Serviceguard starts and halts configured applications. A
package is a collection of services, disk volumes and IP addresses that are managed by
Serviceguard to ensure they are available.
Serviceguard
workload A monitored workload associated with a Serviceguard cluster and a particular package within
the cluster. The workload (and the utilization data reported) follows the package it is associated
with as it moves between the nodes of the cluster.
simulation A mock situation (scenario) that allows you to experiment with various capacity-planning solutions.
SMH See HP SMH.
standalone server Hardware that can run one or more operating systems but does not support dividing hardware
resources into
nPartitions .
system A server , nPartition , virtual partition , or virtual machine that is running an instance of an
operating system.
1.
2. Entities 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.
See also server.
system headroom See headroom.
System
Management
Homepage See HP SMH.
Systems Insight
Manager Systems Insight Manager provides simplified, centralized management of multiple servers and
platforms through a web-based, unified interface. Systems Insight Manager provides the platform
and framework on which the Matrix OE products are deployed. It also provides administrators
with single sign-on access to
HP SMH on managed servers (standalone or partitioned) from a
central console.
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