Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v3 April 2010

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 Error
Repository (CER)
An online, searchable, and updateable error repository.
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.
Custom solution The solution to an error message that is provided by the administrator.
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.
Error
Management
Technology
(EMT)
A user component that enables you to obtain information about errors generated on an HP-UX
11i v3 system.
Error metadata Information about errors such as error description, error number, error type, severity, cause of
the error, and corrective actions.
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.
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