HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 205)

Glossary
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administrative
rights user A user who is authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including the CMS. This type
of user has been given special privileges to administer the Systems Insight Manager software.
administrator A user who manages users, resource pools, and self-service requests through HP Insight
Orchestration console.
agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
immediate presence. Systems Insight Manager agents provide in-depth hardware and software
information and subsystem status to Systems Insight Manager and numerous third-party
management applications.
See also management agent.
alarm A user-configurable notification displayed in the System Status panel of Systems Insight Manager
when certain events occur. For instance, if a monitored item changes, an alarm notifies the user
that a change has occurred.
See also trap, event.
all events collection Displays all events that have occurred for all systems.
All Tools toolbox A default toolbox that provides complete access to all tools for the authorized system or system
group.
authentication The process of identifying an individual, based on a user name and password. Authentication is
distinct from authorizations and ensures that the individual is who they claim to be.
authorizations A mapping of a relationship between a user, a toolbox, and a system or system group.
automatic
discovery The process that Systems Insight Manager uses to find and identify systems on your network and
populate the database with that information. A system must first be discovered to collect data
and track system health status. The primary source for automatic discovery is ping sweeps
configured in the automatic discovery tasks page. Other sources might include receiving events
from unknown systems or from a management processor that has information about a server.
Identification automatically runs on discovered systems.
available software A listing of the software components available in the repository to which the HP Version Control
Agent (VCA) has been configured to point. When browsing directly into a VCA, these additional
components can be selected for installation.
B
banner The section of the GUI at the top of the screen that includes the user name and links to the Home
page and sign out functions.
C
caution A note to indicate that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of
information.
central processing
unit polling rate The rate for how often the Cluster Monitor CPU Resource checks CPU utilization as reported by
Insight Management Agents on monitored systems.
certificate An electronic document that contains a subject's public key and identifying information about
the subject. The certificate is signed by a certificate authority (CA) to bind the key and subject
identification together.
See also certificate authority.
certificate authority A trusted third-party organization or company that issues digital certificates used to create digital
signatures and public-private key pairs. The role of the CA in this process is to guarantee that the
individual who has been granted the unique certificate is the individual they claim to be.
cleared status A status condition that indicates an event is cleared.
clients HP desktop, portable, and workstation systems.
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