Users Guide

OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 1057
Glossary
Private Key In cryptography, a private or secret key is an encryption/decryption key known only to the
party or parties that exchange secret messages. In traditional secret key cryptography, a key
would be shared by the communicators so that each could encrypt and decrypt messages.
The risk in this system is that if either party loses the key or it is stolen, the system is
broken. A more recent alternative is to use a combination of public and private keys. In
this system, a public key is used together with a private key.
Profile A profile is an abstract collection of configuration data that is utilized as a template to
specify configuration parameters to be applied to a device as a result of a policy condition
being true.
Pseudo-optimistic
locking
Oware provides pseudo-optimistic locking. The first caller to attempt to get an object for
update is granted an “update” lock. Subsequent callers can still read the object, but Oware
denies any attempt to obtain an update lock until the initial caller ends the session.
Public Key A public key is a value provided by some designated authority as a key that, combined with
a private key derived from the public key, can be used to effectively encrypt and decrypt
messages and digital signatures. The use of combined public and private keys is known as
asymmetric encryption. A system for using public keys is called a public key infrastructure
(PKI).
QoS Quality of Service. In digital circuits, it is a measure of specific error conditions as
compared with a standard. The establishment of QoS levels means that transmission
rates, error rates, and other characteristics can be measured, improved, and, to some
extent, guaranteed in advance. Often related to Class of Service (CoS).
RADIUS RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a client/server protocol and
software that enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to
authenticate dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested system or service.
RADIUS allows a company to maintain user profiles in a central database that all remote
servers can share.
Rendering/Render The process of generating OMG metadata, compiling and saving application components
within the context of Oware. Also called solution rendering.
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RMI Remote Method Invocation — A set of protocols (Sun’s JavaSoft) that enables Java
objects to communicate remotely with other Java objects. It works only with Java objects.
RMO Resource Management and Operation (RMO) is the OpenManage Network Manager core
resource management, configuration, backup, and image management feature.
RMON Remote Monitoring; a monitoring set of SNMP-based MIBS used to manage networks
remotely. Nine diagnostic groups are defined. Of these, OpenManage Network Manager
software supports Events and Alarms.
Rule Defines what a solution blade does in a particular situation — for example, how the
solution blade responds to an event. An event, another rule, or program code can trigger a
rule.
Scale In An event used to decrease an instance’s capacity by selecting the appropriate deployment
flavors.
Scale Out An event used to increase an instance’s capacity by selecting the appropriate deployment
flavors.