Users Guide

Glossary

The following table defines or identifies abbreviations and acronyms used in this document.

Table 4. Glossary

Abbreviations/ Acronyms Definition

OMIMSWAC—OpenManage Integration with

Microsoft Windows Admin Center

Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center

(OMIMSWAC) enables IT administrators to manage the PowerEdge servers as

hosts, Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, and Hyper-

Converged Infrastructure (HCI) created by using the Dell EMC Solutions for

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. OMIMSWAC simplifies the tasks of IT administrators

by remotely managing the PowerEdge servers and clusters throughout their life

cycle.

BIOS Basic Input or Output System.

BIOS is firmware that is embedded on a small memory chip on the computer's

system board or motherboard. It acts as an interface between the computer's

hardware and the operating system. BIOS also contains instructions that the

computer uses to perform basic instructions such as whether to boot from

network or hard disk drive

Console The management application a user utilizes to perform remote platform

management tasks.

DRM—Dell EMC Repository Manager Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) is an application within the Dell

OpenManage portfolio that allows IT Administrators to easily manage system

updates. Dell Repository Manager provides a searchable interface used to create

custom software collections known as bundles and repositories of Dell Update

Packages (DUPs).

DSU—Dell EMC System Update Utility Dell EMC System Update (DSU) is a script-optimized update deployment tool for

applying Dell Update Packages (DUP) to Dell EMC target nodes.

FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name.

Gateway administrators Gateway administrators can configure who gets access as well as how users

authenticate to the gateway. Only gateway administrators can view and configure

the Access settings in Windows Admin Center. Local administrators on the

gateway machine are always administrators of the Windows Admin Center

gateway service.

Gateway system Windows Admin Center installed as a gateway on a Windows server.

Gateway user Gateway users can connect to the Windows Admin Center gateway service to

manage servers through that gateway, but they can't change access permissions

nor the authentication mechanism used to authenticate to the gateway.

Windows 10 gateway system Windows Admin Center installed as a gateway on a Windows 10 OS.

HCI Hyper-Converged Infrastructure.

IC—Dell EMC Inventory Collector Inventory Collector is used to inventory the target system, compare the results

against a Repository or Catalog and only deploy the updates that are required.

iDRAC Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller.

IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface

LED Light Emitting Diode

NIC Network Interface Card also known as Network Interface Controller

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