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Acronym for management information base. MIB is used to send detailed status/commands from or to an SNMP managed device.
NAS
Acronym for network attached storage.
NSM
Abbreviation for CA Unicenter's network and systems management product.
PET
Acronym for platform event trap. An alert, error, or system message from a server reporting an exception in a server, for example, a device failure or a
threshold violation. PET is defined by the Alert Standard Format (ASF), an industry standard specification developed by the Distributed Management Task Force
(DMTF) that defines methods for alerting and for remote system control, targeted for operating system absent environments.
RAC
Acronym for remote access controller. RACs are remote access solutions, such as DRAC 5, DRAC 4, DRAC/MC, DRAC III, DRAC III/XT, ERA, ERA/O, and ERA/MC.
readme file
A text file included with a software package or hardware product that contains information supplementing or updating the documentation for the software or
hardware. Typically, readme files provide installation information, describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented, and
list known problems or other things you need to be aware of as you use the software or hardware.
SNMP
Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP, a popular network control and monitoring protocol, is part of the original TCP/IP protocol suite.
SNMP provides the format in which vital information about different network devices, such as network servers or routers, can be sent to a management
application.
Storage Management Service
A storage management solution that is incorporated as part of Server Administrator to provide a common user interface for configuring and remotely managing
storage components including RAID and non-RAID controllers and the attached channels, enclosures, and disks.
trap
An alert, error, or system message from a server reporting an exception in a server, for example, a device failure or a threshold violation.
WorldView (WV)
The CA Unicenter component that launches systems management applications and displays subsystem status. WorldView contains the Common Object
Repository, where managed objects are stored.
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