HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 265)

PSP ProLiant Support Pack. HP software components that are bundled together and verified to work
with a particular operating system. An HP ProLiant Support Pack contains driver components,
agent components, and application and utility components. All these are verified to install together.
PSP dependency
script An optional user-provided script that runs during a PSP deployment to a managed system.
PXE Preboot Execution Environment. A standard client/server interface that enables networked
computers that are not yet installed with an operating system to be configured and booted
remotely. PXE booting is configured at the BIOS level.
R
RAM disk A portion of RAM memory treated as a disk drive.
remote repository A remote file system mounted on a CMS, that contains the repository contents.
repository A directory containing HP ProLiant Support Packs, supported and custom operating system images,
the boot image, scripts, and the Firmware Update file.
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RPM Red Hat Package Manager.
1. A utility that is used for software package management on a Linux operating system, most
notably to install and remove software packages.
2. A software package that is capable of being installed or removed with the RPM software
package management utility.
S
Secure HTTP See HTTPS.
Service Pack for
ProLiant See SPP .
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SPP Service Pack for ProLiant. HP software components that are bundled together and verified to work
with a particular operating system. An HP SPP contains firmware, driver components, agent
components, and application and utility components. All these are verified to install together.
SPP dependency
script An optional user-provided script that runs during a SPP deployment to a managed system.
ssh A program to log in to another system over a network and execute commands on that system. It
also enables you to move files from one system to another, and it provides authentication and
secure communications over insecure channels.
SSH keys
Supermon A highly scalable, high-speed monitoring system. Supermon provides all required system statistics
to the Nagios subsystem. The data that Supermon collects, on a regular basis, includes system
performance sensor and environment data, such as fan, temperature, and power supply status.
V
virtual guest Also, virtual machine guest. A virtual machine running on a server.
virtual host Also, virtual machine host. A server that is hosting a virtual guest.
virtual machine OS An operating system written for a specific hardware platform that enables you to host a virtual
guest.
virtual media Also known as remote virtual media, it is a method for presenting a remote storage device (for
example, a DVD, USB drive, or ISO image) to a local OS as if it were physically connected to
the OS. Virtual media allows a system to boot a (bootable) ISO image over the network in much
the same way that the image would be loaded from a CD, and without the use of PXE or DHCP.
VSP Virtual serial port
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