HP Insight Foundation Software for ProLiant - Manual (Page 35)

Glossary
available software A listing of the software components available in the repository that the VCA has been configured
to point to. When browsing directly into a VCA, these additional components can be selected
for installation.
component A component is a single, self-describing, installable (interactive or silent) binary file containing a
single piece of software, such as firmware image, driver, agent, or utility, that is supported by
the management and update tools.
Custom Software
Baseline A set of HP software components that have been bundled together as a baseline by the customer.
Modifying the contents of an existing Support Pack provides customers with the flexibility to define
their own baselines for their environment.
graphical user
interface (GUI) A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the
program easier to use. HP SIM's GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a web browser.
HP Insight
Management
Agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
immediate presence.
HP ProLiant and
Integrity Support
Pack An HP ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack, or Custom Software Baseline is a set of HP software
components that have been bundled together by HP, and verified to work with a particular
operating system. A ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack contains driver components, agent
components, and application and utility components. All of these are verified to install together.
HP Systems Insight
Manager The 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, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems
running Windows, Linux, and HP-UX. 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 plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products.
Plug-ins 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.
HP Version Control
Agent An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable the customer to see the HP
software that is installed on that server. The VCA can be configured to point to a repository being
managed by the VCRM, enabling easy version comparison and software deployment from the
repository to the server that the VCA is installed upon.
HP Version Control
Repository
Manager An Insight Management Agent that enables a customer to manage software from HP that is stored
in a directory/repository known as the Version Control Repository.
HP Web-enabled
System The software that manages HP Web-enabled products.
Management
Software
installed version A particular HP software component that is installed on the server on which the VCA is installed.
latest version The latest version of a particular HP software component that is contained in the repository.
overall software
status This section indicates whether the software on the server on which the VCA is installed has any
updates available within the repository in which it has been configured to monitor.
Red Hat Package
Manager (RPM) 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.
Reference Support
Pack A baseline bundle of HP software components that the VCA can be configured to point to in the
repository. This setting enables users to indicate that they want to keep all of their software up to
a certain Support Pack level.
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