HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Installation Guide (6.3)

Glossary
CIM Common Information Model.
datastore A storage location for VM files in the VMware environment.
ESX An enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware.
EVA Enterprise Virtual Array.
HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager.
iLO Integrated Lights-Out.
LUN Logical unit number. A LUN results from mapping a logical unit number, port ID, and LDEV ID to
a RAID group. The size of the LUN is determined by the emulation mode of the LDEV and the
number of LDEVs associated with the LUN.
MSA Modular Smart Array.
NRAID A RAID level that uses nonstriped mapping to a single disk.
OA Onboard Administrator.
RAID Redundant array of independent disks.
RDM Raw device mapping.
SAID Service Agreement Identifier.
SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol.
SPOCK Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge website. SPOCK is the primary portal used to obtain
detailed information about supported HP storage product configurations.
SUM Software Update Manager.
VASA VMware Aware Storage APIs.
VM Virtual Machine.
VMware vCenter
Server
The central management server of the VMware environment, which combines a number of
standalone hypervisors or one or more VMware clusters into a single point of management.
VMware vSphere
Client
The VMware GUI used to view and manage the virtual environment.
WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management.
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