HP WBEM Services for HP-UX and Linux System Administrator's Guide

Glossary
management information base (MIB)
Glossary 107
Inheritance is one of the features that allows
the CIM classes to function as templates for
actual managed objects in the CIM
environment.
instance A representation of a real-world
managed object that belongs to a particular
class, or a particular occurrence of an event.
Instances contain actual data.
instance provider A type of provider that
supports instances of system- and
property-specific classes. Instances providers
can support data retrieval, modification,
deletion, enumeration, or query processing.
Instance providers can also invoke methods
Also see class provider and property
provider.
intrinsic method A method defined for the
purpose of modeling a CIM operation.
Standard intrinsic methods (such as
enumerateInstances, getInstance,
modifyInstance) are relevant to all classes.
Also see extrinsic method.
Kerberos A security mechanism that
provides authentication, data integrity, data
privacy, and mutual authentication.
(Available through PAM in HP-UX)
key A property that is used to provide a
unique identifier for an instance of a class.
Key properties are marked with the Key
qualifier. A compound key has more than one
property, with a Key qualifier.
key qualifier A qualifier that must be
attached to every property in a class that
serves as part of the key for that class.
light-weight HTTP server A small-
footprint server that processes HTTP
requests and returns standard HTTP
responses. The server is not intended as a
replacement for a web server. The server
does not serve up HTML web pages and does
not run CGI applications.
local property A non-system property
defined for a class but not inherited from a
superclass.
managed object A hardware or software
system component that is represented as an
instance of the CIM class. Information about
managed objects is supplied by data and
event providers, as well as by the CIM
Object Manager.
managed object format (MOF) A
compiled language for defining classes and
instances. A MOF compiler takes
information from a .mof formatted text file
and adds the data to the CIM Object
Manager repository. MOF eliminates the
need to write code, thus providing a simple
and fast technique for modifying the CIM
Object Manager repository. DMTF makes
their schemas available as MOF files.
management application An application
or service that uses information originating
from one or more managed objects in a
managed environment. Management
applications retrieve this information and
perform operations through calls to the CIM
Object Manager from the CIM Object
Manager.
management information base (MIB) A
database of managed objects, written in text.