Owner's Manual

Glossary 43
Glossary
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and
acronyms used in this document.
BMC
Acronym for baseboard management controller. BMC supports the industry-
standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification,
enabling the remote configuration, monitoring, and recovery of systems.
Business Process View (BPV)
A tool used for grouping managed objects. The Connection creates a Business
Process View called Dell Managed Systems which is populated with each
discovered system that is running Server Administrator or Server Agent
instrumentation.
The Business Process View is also a managed object. It is available to users of the
2-D maps and is stored in the Common Object Repository.
Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
CMC is a hot-pluggable systems management hardware and software solution
designed to provide remote management capabilities and power control functions
for Dell™ modular systems systems. You can now launch the CMC interface
through Connection 3.3. For more information about CMC, see the
Dell Chassis
Management Controller Firmware User Guide
on the Dell Support site at
http://support.dell.com.
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
A system management console program, installed on management stations, that
provides configuration, monitoring, and management services for Dell
PowerEdge™ systems, Dell Precision™ Workstations, Dell OptiPlex™
computers, and Dell Latitude™ computers.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
A one-to-one systems management solution that provides a consolidated and
consistent way to monitor, configure, update, and manage Dell systems. Dell
OpenManage™ instrumentation is also one of the prerequisites for using the
Connection to discover managed systems.