Glossary - HP Integrity rx1620 Installation Manual

Glossary

available A listing of the software components available in the repository that the VCA has been
software 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 A set of HP software components that have been bundled together as a baseline by the customer.
Baseline Modifying the contents of an existing Support Pack provides customers with the flexibility to
define their own baselines for their environment.
graphical user A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the
interface (GUI) program easier to use. HP SIM's GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a web browser.
HP Insight A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
Management immediate presence.
Agent
HP ProLiant and An HP ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack, or Custom Software Baseline is a set of HP software
Integrity Support components that have been bundled together by HP, and verified to work with a particular
Pack 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 System management software that is capable of managing a wide variety of systems, including
Insight Manager 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 An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable the customer to see the
Control Agent 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 An Insight Management Agent that enables a customer to manage software from HP that is
Control stored in a directory/repository known as the Version Control Repository.
Repository
Manager
HP Web-enabled Software that manages HP Web-enabled products.
System
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 This section indicates whether the software on the server on which the VCA is installed has
status any updates available within the repository in which it has been configured to monitor.
Red Hat Package The Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful package manager that can be used to build, install,
Manager (RPM) 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 A baseline bundle of HP software components that the VCA can be configured to point to in
Support Pack 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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