Users Guide

1052 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Glossary
Business Object One specific instance in a class. For example, the Employee business class would include
the John Smith object.
Ceilometer A metering function that collects, normalizes, and transforms data produced by
OpenStack services. The information collected allows you to track and manage resources.
Center One of three integrated Oware parts; each part has its own function within Oware. The
three parts are:
• Oware Creation Center (OCC) — for creating and rendering solution blades
• Oware Execution Center (OEC) — for powering solution blades
• Oware Management Center (OMC) — for deploying and managing solution blades
Class See Business Class.
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture — An architecture that enables pieces of
programs, called objects, to communicate with one another regardless of what
programming language they were written in or what operating system they're running on.
CoS Class of Service—Describes the level of service provided to a user. Also provides a way of
managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic.
CoS Class of Service — Describes the level of service provided to a user. Also provides a way of
managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic.
Creation Center,
(OCC)
This Oware center is where you create and render solution blades.
Database An organized collection of Oware objects.
Deployment The distribution of solution blades throughout the domain.
Descriptor A file that describes the VNF attributes and network services specifications.
A VNF descriptor describes the virtual functions behavior. A network services descriptor
describes the deployment requirements, operational behavior, and policies required.
These descriptors are templates from which you build network service records and VNF
records.
Digital Certificate A digital certificate is an electronic “credit card” that establishes your credentials when
doing business or other transactions on the Web. It is issued by a certification authority
(CA). It contains your name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of the certificate
holder's public key (used for encrypting and decrypting messages and digital signatures),
and the digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority so that a recipient can verify
that the certificate is real.
Domain A goal-oriented environment that can include an industry, company, or department. You
can use Oware to create solutions within your particular domain.
Domain
Information Groper
(dig)
A command-line tool used to query domain name system (DNS) servers.
Domain A goal-oriented environment that can include an industry, company, or department. You
can use the Oware product to create solutions within your particular domain.
EJB Enterprise JavaBean — An application designed to extend the JavaBean component
model to a cross-platform, server-side application.