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HP NetStorage 6000 User Manual

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Glossary

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Share

To make a portion of a file system on a remote computer accessible to a local (client)
computer. The term is most commonly used with Windows based computers. The
analogous term using in UNIX networking is Mount.

Share Level Security

Security is handled by the HP NetStorage 6000. Share mode may be password-pro-
tected and may limit your access (read-only, read/write, no access) to a share. You
may define the password when you create the share. The password is encrypted when
transferred.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

The protocol governing network management and the monitoring of network devices
and their functions.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

A TCP/IP protocol for sending messages from one computer to another on a network.
This protocol is used on the internet to route e-mail.

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

A SCSI interface is used to connect microcomputers to SCSI peripheral devices, such
as many hard disks and printers, and to other computers and local area networks.

SMP

See Symmetric Multiprocessing.

SMTP

See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

SNMP

See Simple Network Management Protocol.

Subnet Mask

A 32-bit numeric mask that allows the IP address to be broken into a component that
identifies the subnet on which the device resides and the ID of the device itself.

Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)

A computer architecture in which multiple processors share the same memory, which
contains one copy of the operating system, one copy of any applications that are in
use, and one copy of the data. Because the operating system divides the workload
into tasks and assigns those tasks to whatever processors are free, SMP reduces
transaction time.

Syslog

A file containing statistics and error messages.