Definition Of Terms - HP Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60 System Administrator Manual

Using the ARDIAG Offline Diagnostic on HP-UX

Definition of Terms

Definition of Terms
The following terms are used in this chapter.
HP-UX Hewlett-Packard's version of the UNIX Operating System.
SIO "Server I/O". The driver environment for the current Series 800 HP-UX system.
Proprietary, non-reentrant, port-server drivers. Communication is via message passing.
WSIO "Work Station I/O". The driver environment for the current Series 700 HP-UX system.
Reentrant, procedure-based drivers. Communication is via procedure entry points.
SERIES 700 HP-UX PA-RISC workstations. These systems utilize the WSIO subsystem.
SERIES 800 HP-UX PA-RISC multi-user systems. These systems utilize the SIO subsystem.
ISL "Initial System Loader" This is the first piece of software loaded from outside the SPU
and executed during the boot process.
ODE "Offline Diagnostic Environment" The software architecture consisting of several
modules to provide diagnostic functionality via ISL support media for Series 700 and
Series 800 HP-UX 10.0+ systems.
LIF "Logical Interchange Format" A standard disk format that may be used for interchange of
files among various HP computer systems. A LIF volume contains a header (identifying it
as a LIF volume) and a directory that defines the contents of the volume. A boot device
with a valid LIF is assumed to have bootable media.
SOM "Spectrum Object Module" A SOM is the smallest unit that may be generated by a
compiler, and it may exist as a single entity or as part of a collection.
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