Owner's Manual

Glossary 45
NSM
Abbreviation for CA'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.