Glossary - HP IBRIX X9720 System Administrator Manual

Glossary

ACE Access control entry.
ACL Access control list.
ADS Active Directory Service.
ALB Advanced load balancing.
BMC Baseboard Management Configuration.
CIFS Common Internet File System. The protocol used in Windows environments for shared folders.
CLI Command-line interface. An interface comprised of various commands which are used to control
operating system responses.
CSR Customer self repair.
DAS Direct attach storage. A dedicated storage device that connects directly to one or more servers.
DNS Domain name system.
FTP File Transfer Protocol.
GSI Global service indicator.
HA High availability.
HBA Host bus adapter.
HCA Host channel adapter.
HDD Hard disk drive.
IAD HP X9000 Software Administrative Daemon.
iLO Integrated Lights-Out.
IML Initial microcode load.
IOPS I/Os per second.
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface.
JBOD Just a bunch of disks.
KVM Keyboard, video, and mouse.
LUN Logical unit number. A LUN results from mapping a logical unit number, port ID, and LDEV ID to
a RAID group. The size of the LUN is determined by the emulation mode of the LDEV and the
number of LDEVs associated with the LUN.
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit.
NAS Network attached storage.
NFS Network file system. The protocol used in most UNIX environments to share folders or mounts.
NIC Network interface card. A device that handles communication between a device and other devices
on a network.
NTP Network Time Protocol. A protocol that enables the storage system's time and date to be obtained
from a network-attached server, keeping multiple hosts and storage devices synchronized.
OA Onboard Administrator.
OFED OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution.
OSD On-screen display.
OU Active Directory Organizational Units.
RO Read-only access.
RPC Remote Procedure Call.
RW Read-write access.
SAN Storage area network. A network of storage devices available to one or more servers.
SAS Serial Attached SCSI.
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