Veritas Enterprise Administrator 5.0 User's Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

Glos sary
Action menu
A context-sensitive menu that changes its menu options to match the type of object that is
selected. By default, the Action menu is greyed out. When an object is selected, the Action
menu provides access to tasks appropriate for the selected object.
alert
An indication that an error or failure has occurred on an object on the system. When an
object fails or experiences an error, an alert icon appears.
alert icon
An icon that indicates that an error or failure has occurred on an object on the system.
Alert icons usually appear in the status area of the main window and on the group icon of
the affected object.
Alert Monitor
A window that provides information about objects that have failed or experienced errors.
Array Support Library
See ASL.
ASL
A dynamically loadable library to discover attributes of a disk array.
browse dialog box
A dialog box that is used to view and/or select existing objects on the system. Most browse
dialog boxes consist of a tree and grid.
button
A window control that the user clicks to initiate a task or display another object (such as a
window or menu).
capability
You can create volumes having specific capabilities. A capability is a simple name used to
indicate what the capability means. Storage is allocated according to your request. For
example, you can ask for a volume to be Performant and Reliable. These are capabilities
have parameters such as, number of striped columns or number of mirrors.
CFS
Cluster file system. A VxFS file system mounted on a selected volume in cluster (shared)
mode.
check box
A control button used to select optional settings. A check mark usually indicates that a
check box is selected.