HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide
network interface controllers (NICs), the World Wide Names (WWNs) for all host bus adapters
(HBAs), and the SAN boot parameters. If the server blade in the server bay is replaced, the
configuration and connection profile stays constant.
virtual machine A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or
Microsoft Hyper-V. This technology allows a single server or nPartition (with Integrity Virtual
Machines) to act as a VM Host for multiple individual virtual machines, each running its own
instance of an operating system (referred to as a guest OS). Virtual machines are managed
systems in the HP Matrix Operating Environment.
virtual partition A software partition of a server, or of a single nPartition, where each virtual partition can run its
own instance of an operating system. A virtual partition cannot span an nPartition boundary.
VM Host A server running HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V
that provides multiple virtual machines, each running its own instance of an operating system.
vPars An HP software product that provides virtual partitions.
vPars monitor The program that manages the assignment of resources to virtual partitions in a vPars-enabled
system. To enable virtual partitions, the vPars monitor must be booted in place of a normal HP-UX
kernel. Each virtual partition running under the monitor then boots its own HP-UX kernel.
WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management. A set of web-based information services standards developed
by the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. A WBEM provider offers access to a resource.
WBEM clients send requests to providers to get information about and access to the registered
resources.
WMI Windows Management Instrumentation. HP Matrix Operating Environment uses WMI for data
collection from managed systems running Microsoft Windows. WMI queries and responses are
converted to WBEM through the WMI Mapper.
workload A collection of processes in a stand-alone server, nPartition compartment, virtual partition
compartment, or virtual machine compartment. HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) extends
this concept to include processor set (PSET) compartments and Fair-Share Scheduler (FSS) group
compartments.
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