Glossary; Acl; Active Directory; Alert - American Megatrends StorTrends 1100-P User Manual

Glossary

ACL

Access Control List. An ACL is a table that tells the system's operating system the access
rights each user has to a directory or file. The directory or file has a security attribute that
identifies its access control list. The list has an entry for each system user with access
privileges, such as read and write.
Microsoft® Windows® NT/2000, Novell® NetWare®, Hewlett-Packard® OpenVMS™
and UNIX® system-based systems are among the operating systems that use access
control lists. The list is implemented differently by each operating system.

Active Directory™

Active Directory™ presents organizations with a directory service designed for
distributed computing environments. Active Directory™ allows organizations to centrally
manage and share information on network resources and users while acting as the central
authority for network security. In addition to providing comprehensive directory services
to a Microsoft® Windows® environment, Active Directory™ is designed to be a
consolidation point for isolating, migrating, centrally managing, and reducing the number
of directories that companies require.
Active Directory™ is the integral directory service within the Microsoft® Windows®
2000 and 2003 operating systems. This service improves manageability, enables security
and extends interoperability between Microsoft® Windows® 2000/2003 and other
operating systems.

Alert

An alert gives you information or warns you about a potentially damaging operation.
StorTrends® iTX software has an alert manager that sends out alerts using the following
methods:
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SNMP traps
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E-mail alerts
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Local event log
All the events are stored in a local event log. Based on the configuration, the alert
manager sends the alerts to SNMP trap and e-mail destinations.
AppleTalk®
To share files, Apple® systems needs a network file protocol called AppleTalk® File
Protocol (AFP), similar to NFS or CIFS.

Appliance

An appliance is a device that is purpose built, requires little or no time to setup, and most
of all, simple to use. A good example of an appliance is a refrigerator.

Archive

The StorTrends® iTX software uses this word to describe the process of backing up data
stored on it to a safe place.
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