HP Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 User's Guide

Glossary
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Glossary
agent See management agent
authorization triplet A mapping of the
authorization relationship between a user, a role,
and a node or node group.
banner The section of the graphical user interface
at the top of the screen that provides access to SCM
help and other resources.
central management server CMS
A node in the management domain that executes the
SCM software. All central operations within SCM
are initiated from this node.
command line interface CLI
The set of commands that can be executed directly
from the operating system's command shell.
certificate authority A trusted third-party
organization or company that issues digital
certificates used to create digital signatures and
public-private key pairs.
digital signatures A technology used to validate a
transaction’s sender. This technology uses
private-keys to digitally sign the data, and
public-keys to verify the sender.
distributed task facility DTF
A management application that manages the remote
execution of tasks on managed nodes.
document type definition DTD
A file that identifies the elements and attributes
that can be used to create the content of an XML
document. It identifies where each element is
allowed and which elements can appear within other
elements.
extensible markup language XML
A simplified subset of Standard Generalized Markup
Language (SGML) that offers extensible data
modeling capabilities.
graphical user interface GUI
A program interface that takes advantage of the
computer's graphics capabilities to make the
program easier to use. SCM's GUI is Web-enabled
and displays in a Web browser.
group See node group
IP Security Protocol IPS
EC
An infrastructure to allow secure communications
(authentication, integrity, confidentiality) between
systems and devices that implement the IPSec
family of protocol standards.
Java Remote Method Invocation RMI
A set of protocols that enable Java objects to
communicate remotely with other Java objects.
managed node See node
management agent A daemon process or
application running on a managed node. It receives
and executes requests from the CMS on the
managed node.
management domain A collection of resources
called managed nodes that have been placed under
the control of the SCM. Each central management
server is responsible for a management domain. The
managed nodes can belong to more than one
management domain.
management LAN A LAN dedicated to the
communications necessary for managing systems. It
is typically a moderate bandwidth (10/100 baseT)
and secured through limited access.
master role A default role that has access to all
tools. All tools are automatically associated with the
master role, and the master role cannot be deleted
from SCM.
multiple-system aware MSA
A run type that supports multi-node operations.
Tools with this run type operate on the target nodes
using their own internal mechanisms instead of
using the distributed task facility. The MSA run type
uses the distributed task facility to launch the tool
on a single node prior to the tool interacting with the
other managed nodes.