HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 731)

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Glossary
A
access point It is the intersection of the IP address and the provider that discovered the IP address. It
is displayed on the screens for discovery. A provider is software that is used to gather
information about an element.
active zone set An active zone set is the zone set in use. You can have only one zone set active at a
time; however, you can have a zone in more than one zone set. Zones sets are usually
created for a particular task.
Zones work by exclusion. Members of a zone can communicate with other members in
the zone. If two devices are not within the same zone, they cannot communicate. Only
elements in active zones can communicate with each other. When a zone is not active,
it does not have any effect.
C
Common Information
Model (CIM) The Common Information Model is a common data model of an
implementation-neutral schema for describing overall management information in a
network/enterprise environment. CIM is comprised of a specification and a schema.
The specification defines the details for integration with other management models (i.e.
SNMP's MIBs or the DMTF's MIFs) while the schema provides the actual model
descriptions.
Common Information
Model Object
Manager (CIM Object
Manager) A component in the CIM management infrastructure that handles the interaction
between management applications and providers. The CIM Object Manager supports
services such as event notification, remote access, and query processing. The CIM
Object Manager also grants access to the CIM Object Manager repository.
F
File Server Storage
Resource
Management (SRM) File Server Storage Resource Management (SRM) does a recursive lookup on the file
system and stores the information in an embedded database. File System Viewer can