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SNMP messaging to discover the devices
on your network and their availability.
Simple Object Access Protocol
The Simple Object Access Protocol is an
XML-based interface that vendors use to
bridge remote procedure calls between
competing systems. SOAP makes it
unnecessary for sites to choose between
CORBA/Java/EJB and Microsoft's
COM+.
Because XML and SOAP are platform-
and language-neutral, users can mix
operating systems, programming
languages, and object architectures yet
maintain business-component
interoperability across platforms: using
SOAP, applications can converse with
each other and exchange data over the
Internet, regardless of the platforms on
which they run.
single sign-on
This feature lets IBM Tivoli Monitoring
users start other Tivoli web-enabled
applications from any Tivoli Enterprise
Portal client (desktop, browser, or Java
Web Start), or to start the portal client
from those applications, without having
to re-enter their user credentials (userid
and password). For SSO to function, User
Authentication must be configured
through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal
Server for an external LDAP registry that
is shared by all participating Tivoli
applications. All the participating
applications must be configured for SSO
and must belong to the same security
domain and realm.
situation
The set of monitored conditions running
on a managed system that, when met,
creates an event. A situation comprises an
attribute, an operator such as greater than
or equal to, and a value. It can be read as
"If system_condition compared_to value
is_true." An example of a situation is:
"If CPU_usage > 90% TRUE." The
expression "CPU_usage > 90%" is the
situation condition.
Situation Update Forwarder
The Situation Update Forwarder is a Java-
and CORBA-based background process
for communication between IBM Tivoli
Enterprise Console and a particular Tivoli
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Enterprise Monitoring Server running
under IBM Tivoli Monitoring version 6.1
and subsequent releases. Your site must
install this component on the Tivoli
Enterprise Console server; for
instructions, see the IBM Tivoli Enterprise
Console Installation Guide on the Tivoli
Enterprise Console Information Center
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/
infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/topic/
com.ibm.itec.doc_3.9/welcome_nd.html)
SNMP
See Simple Network Management
Protocol.
SOAP See Simple Object Access Protocol.
sockets
Refers to the sockets method of passing
data back and forth between a networked
client and server or between program
layers on the same computer.
sound The WAV file that plays whenever a
situation becomes true for the current
Navigator item. Sound is assigned to the
Navigator item for a situation in the same
way a state is assigned.
SPIPE A secure pipe is an implementation of the
Internet Protocol's pipe specification that
uses the Secure Sockets Layer API. Using
SPIPE, your corporate web server can
securely access internal servers that are
not based on the HTTPS protocol, while
retaining their ability to process HTTP
requests.
SQL See Structured Query Language.
SSL See Secure Sockets Layer.
See System Service Monitors.
SSM
See single sign-on.
SSO
The severity of the situation event:
state
critical, warning, or informational.
Indicated by a colored event indicator,
state is set in the Situation editor and can
be different for different Navigator items.
status The true or false condition of a situation.
Structured Query Language
A programming language for extracting
information from and updating
information within a relational database.
The Query editor enables you to write