Glossary

CLI

Command Line Interface

DNS

domain name system

Domain Name System

The DNS is a hierarchal distributed database used for name/address translation. DNS is the name space used on the Internet to translate computer and service named into TCP/IP addresses. Active directory uses DNS as its location service, and so clients find domain controllers using DNS queries. Active directory can be used to hold the data (for example, zone and forwarding records) that constitutes the DNS database used by the DNS service running on the domain controller. When DNS records in a Domain Controller are held in its active directory database, DNS zone transfers are handled as active directory replication operations and DNS and active directory are said to be "tightly integrated."

Enterprise Virtual Array

The HP name used to describe the storage system that includes HSV controllers, storage devices, enclosures, cables, and power supplies. Also known as the Enterprise Storage System.

Ethernet

A standard network protocol that operates mostly on a physical level, using network interface cards and cabling to transmit data between computers. Transfer rates are normally 1,000 or 10,000 Mb/s.

Fibre Channel

An IEEE standard for providing high-speed data transfer among workstations, servers, mainframes, supercomputers, desktop computers, storage devices, and display devices.

Fibre Channel Adapter

An adapter used to connect the host server to the fabric.

GUI

graphical user interface

HBA

host bus adapter

HP SUM

HP Smart Update Manager

I/O

input/output

iLO

Integrated Lights-Out

iLO 2

Integrated Lights-Out 2

iLO 3

Integrated Lights-Out 3

IP address

Internet Protocol address. An address assigned to a network interface card, which computer entities use to locate and communicate with each other. IP addresses can be statically or dynamically assigned.

IPv4

Internet Protocol version 4

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6

LDAP Display Name

The name by which LDAP clients identify a specific attribute in an abject. The LDAP Display Name is also an attribute in its own right and is a mandatory item in each active directory object. The LDAP Display Name for an attribute contains no spaces or hyphens and the first letter is always lowercase while each distinct word in the name begins with a capital letter (for example, sAMAccountName, givenName, cn, sn). The lDAPDisplayName attribute value for each object is normally made by capitalizing the first letter of each word in the Common Name, then removing the hyphens and concatenating all the words together (and making the first letter lowercase). See also attribute.

LDAP-enabled directory service

A distributed network directory service that has native support for LDAP.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

A protocol used to access a directory service such as active directory that has been enabled to understand the protocol. LDAP is a simplified version of the DAP developed as part of the X.500 international standard for directory services. While LDAP is certainly a computer communication protocol, the term "LDAP" is frequently used to denote more than just the protocol standard: it is inextricably tied to a default schema for the active directory database and other essential aspects of interoperability.

NIC

network interface controller

OA

Onboard Administrator

port
  1. In general terms, a logical channel in a communication system.
  2. The hardware and software used to connect a host controller to a communications bus, such as a SCSI bus or serial bus.
POST

Power-On Self Test

RBSU

ROM-Based Setup Utility

RDP

Rapid Deployment Pack

repository

A collection of update files for hardware or software items.

SAN

storage area network

SAS

serial attached SCSI

SCSI

small computer system interface

SEP

Symantec Endpoint Protection

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SSH

Secure Shell

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

A suite of communication protocols developed to enable communication between different types of computers and networks.

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

VC

Virtual Connect

VCA

Version Control Agent

VCRM

Version Control Repository Manager

VM

Virtual Machine

WMI

Windows Management Instrumentation