Glossary Of Terms - IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Service Manual

SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory
SFU Services for UNIX
SMB Server Message Block
SMBFS
Server Message Block File System
SMIT System Management Interface Tool
SMP symmetrical multiprocessor
SMS System Management Services
SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SP Service Processor
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol
TSM Tivoli Storage Manager
TSANM
Tivoli SAN Manager
TSRM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UMS Universal Manageability Services
VDS Virtual Disk Service
UPS uninterruptable power supply
UTP unshielded twisted pair
VG volume group
VGDA volume group descriptor area
VGid volume group identifier
VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service
WebSM
Web-based System Manager
XML Extensible Markup Language

Glossary of terms

This glossary defines technical terms and
abbreviations that this book uses. If you do not
find the term you are looking for, see the IBM
Glossary of Computing Terms located at:
www.ibm.com/networking/nsg/nsgmain.htm
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This glossary also includes terms and definitions
from:
v American National Standard Dictionary for
Information Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990,
copyright 1990 by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI). You can purchase
copies from the American National Standards
Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New
York 10036. Definitions are identified by the
symbol (A) after the definition.
v Information Technology Vocabulary by
Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical Committee 1,
of the International Organization for
Standardization and the International
Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1). Definitions are identified by the
symbol (I) after the definition; definitions taken
from draft international standards, committee
drafts, and working papers by ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1 are identified by the symbol (T) after
the definition, indicating that final agreement
has not yet been reached among the
participating National Bodies of SC1.
v IBM Glossary of Computing Terms. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
This glossary uses the following cross-reference
convention:
See Refers you to (a) a term that is the
expanded form of an abbreviation or
acronym, or (b) a synonym or more
preferred term.
See also
Refers you to a related term.
Numerics
10BASE-T. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that
supports a transmission rate of 10 Mbps using two
twisted-pair wires (Category 3 telephone wiring).
100BASE-T. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that
supports a transmission rate of 100 Mbps using two
twisted-pair wires (Category 5 telephone wiring).
A
access control. In computer security, the process of
ensuring that the resources of a computer system can
be accessed only by authorized users in authorized
ways.
access control list (ACL). (1) A collection of all
access rights for one object. (2) A list associated with an
object that identifies all the subjects that can access the