Dell DR4000 Glossary page 6

automatic RAID
configuration
Auto-Snapshot
Manager/Microsoft
Edition (ASM/ME)
Auto-Snapshot
Manager/VMware
Edition (ASM/VE)
available space
back end
back end network
base volume (Dell
EqualLogic PS Series)
base volume (Dell
EqualLogic Group
Manager)
Baseboard
Management Controller
(BMC)
blade
BMC
Bootable media
cache
CHA
Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol
(CHAP)
channel
CHAP
chassis switch
client device
communication
certificate
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In the context of Dell EqualLogic PS Series groups, an internal process that configures the
user-selected RAID policy on the array.
A snap-in console application for the Microsoft Management Console that enables you to
administer Smart Copies.
A web-based application that works with VMware virtual environments to enable you to
administer Smart Copies.
Amount of total storage available on all drives.
In Dell Compellent Storage Center, an isolated and dedicated network that connects the
controller or storage cluster (e.g., redundant pair of controllers) to local disk enclosures.
Connection between controller and disks in the Dell Compellent Storage Center Controller.
A volume mounted on the computer and reachable through its Windows-assigned drive
letter (such as G:) or mount point.
A volume that has snapshots. Snapshots depend on the base volume. If the base volume is
destroyed, the snapshots have been removed.
A server management module that implements the IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management
Interface) protocol. In the context of Dell AIM, the Controller uses the BMC to control some
models of servers remotely.
For the Dell AIM SDK, blade is an element of the host superclass. For Dell modular systems,
a blade refers to a modular server which is mounted into an enclosure.
See Baseboard Management Controller.
A CD, SD card, or USB memory key that is used to start your system if the system will not
boot from the hard drive.
A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quick data retrieval.
See Compellent Host Adapter.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol, a network login protocol that uses an
encrypted challenge-response mechanism. Used to limit access to volumes and snapshots
to hosts that supply the correct account name and password. CHAP is also used for login/
administrator accounts.
In the Dell/AIM environment, one of up to eight physical connections you can assign to
switch ports and that you can connect to a persona using up to eight physical NICs. You can
configure a network to prefer one or two channels for its traffic, so if the preferred channel
fails traffic is transparently rerouted to the other channel.
See Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.
In the context of Dell AIM, an Ethernet switch in a bay in a chassis. Chassis switches are
managed by the Controller.
In the context of EKM, a specialized encrypted key that allows a client to communicate with
the server.