HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 127)

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 Control
server deployment
software Formerly named HP Insight Rapid Deployment software. An HP software (operating system and
applications) deployment product.
HP Insight Rapid
Deployment
software Renamed HP Insight Control server deployment. 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.
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