Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v2 March and June 2008

Glossary
A-B
Admin-Defined
event
subscription
Subscriptions created by the administrator using the CLI. These subscriptions cannot be deleted.
Admin-Defined
filters
Filters that can be created, deleted, and modified to set the criteria for indications that must be
logged.
C
Central
Management
Server (CMS)
The server monitoring the client systems in the network using SFM.
CIM client An entity in WBEM architecture which sends CIM Operation requests and receives CIM
Operation responses. For example, HP SIM and other network management applications are
considered CIM clients.
CIM server The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules
in the WBEM environment. It is also known as CIMOM.
Common
Information
Model (CIM)
An object-based model for describing managed resources. CIM uses the object-oriented
paradigm, where managed objects are modeled using the concepts of classes and instances.
Common
Information
Model Object
Manager
(CIMOM)
The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules
in the WBEM environment. CIMOM manages CIM objects. It receives and processes CIM
operation requests and issues responses.
consumer A recipient of services. For example, an indication consumer will receive indications (events)
that occur in system hardware components.
D
disk_em An EMS monitor that monitors hard disks.
Distributed
Management
Task Force
(DMTF)
An industry organization involved in the development, adoption, and interoperability of
management standards and initiatives for enterprise and Internet environments.
E
enumerate
instances
To check whether subscriptions to indications are present.
event An alert generated when an unusual activity is detected on a monitored hardware device.
Event Archive Database for indications. Indications generated on hardware devices are logged in this location.
Event
Subscription
Administration
A component of Evweb used to subscribe to indications.
Event Viewer A component of Evweb used to view indications present in the Event Archive.
Evweb User component that enables administering and viewing WBEM indications generated on the
system on which SFM is installed.
External
subscriptions
These are subscriptions created by tools other than Evweb.
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