- Accounts for Users & Groups tool
(ugweb)
The HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) tool is used
to manage user accounts and group accounts on the local system. This
tool can also be used to manage user accounts on a NIS system. The
ugweb tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.
- CA
- see certificate authority
- caution
A note to indicate that failure to follow directions could result
in damage to equipment or loss of information.
- certificate
An electronic document that contains a subject's public key
and identifying information about the subject. The certificate is
signed by a certificate authority (CA) to bind
the key and subject identification together.
- certificate authority
(CA)
A trusted third-party organization or company that issues digital
certificates used to create digital signatures and public-private
key pairs. The role of the CA in this process is to guarantee that
the individual who has been granted the unique certificate is the
individual he or she claims to be.
- CLI
- see command line interface
- command line interface
(CLI)
The set of commands that you can execute directly from the command
shell of an operating system.
- Disks and File Systems tool
(fsweb)
The HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb) tool is used to manage
file systems, logical volumes, and disks. The Disks and File Systems
tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH.
- DNS
- see Domain Name Service
- Domain Name Service
(DNS)
A service that translates domain names into IP addresses.
- evweb
- see System Fault Management tool
- external sites
Third-party application URLs.
- fsweb
- see Disks and File Systems tool
- graphical user interface
(GUI)
A program interface that uses the graphics capabilities of a
computer to make the program easier to use. The HP SMH GUI is Web-enabled
and displays in a Web browser.
- GUI
- see graphical user interface
- HP Insight Management Agent
A program that regularly gathers information or performs some
other service without the user's immediate presence.
- HP SIM
- see HP Systems Insight Manager
- HP SMH
- see HP System Management Homepage
- HP System Management Homepage
(HP SMH)
The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a Web-based interface that consolidates
and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux,
and Microsoft Windows operating systems. By aggregating the data from
HP Web-based agents and management utilities, HP SMH provides a common,
easy-to-use interface for displaying hardware fault and status monitoring,
performance data, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version
control for an individual server. HP SMH is an integrated piece of
software used by the suite of HP Web-enabled System Management Software to communicate over HTTP and
HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.
- HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM)
System management software that is capable of managing a wide
variety of systems, including HP systems, clusters, desktops, workstations,
and portables. HP SIM combines the strengths of HP Insight Manager
7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single
tool for managing HP ProLiant, HP Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running
HP-UX, Linux, and Windows. The core HP SIM software delivers the
essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM
can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of system management
with plugins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products.
Plugins for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload
management enable systems administrators to pick the value added software
required to deliver complete lifecycle management of their hardware
assets. To obtain more information about HP SIM, go to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.
- HP Version Control Agent
(VCA)
An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a system to enable the customer
to see the HP software installed on that server. The HP Version Control Agent can be
configured to point to a HP Version Control Repository Manager, allowing easy version comparison
and software update from the repository.
- HP Version Control Repository Manager
(VCRM)
An Insight Management Agent that allows a customer to manage HP-provided software
stored in a user-defined directory/repository.
- HP Web-enabled System Management Software
Software that manages HP Web-enabled products.
- HP-UX System Administration Manager
(SAM)
Is the primary interface for HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX
11i v2 (B.11.23) system management.
For HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31), HP SMH provides
the primary interface for HP-UX system administration tasks. The legacy SAM
functionality will still be available.
- HTTPS
- see Secure HTTP
- in-place
Locally. For example to install in-place means to install locally.
- Integrity Support Pack
A set of HP software components that have been bundled together
by HP, and verified to work with a particular operating system. An Integrity Support Pack
contains driver components, agent components, and application and
utility components. All of these are verified to install together.
- Internet Protocol (IP) range
Systems with an IP address that falls in the specified range.
- IP
- see Internet Protocol (IP) range
- kcweb
- see Kernel Configuration tool
- Kernel Configuration tool
(kcweb)
The HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb) tool is used to manage
kernel tunables, modules and alarms. The Kernel Configuration tool
can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH
- multihomed
Multiple names set to a certificate.
- parMgr
- see Partition Manager
- Partition Manager
(parMgr)
Provides system administrators with a convenient GUI to configure
and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Perform complex configuration
tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. Select nPartitions,
cells, I/O chassis, or other components from the graphical display,
then select an action from a menu. You can use Partition Manager to
perform the following tasks: create, modify, and delete nPartitions;
examine the nPartition configuration of a complex, check the complex
for potential configuration and hardware problems, and manage hardware
resources on the complex.
- pdweb
- see Peripheral Device tool
- Peripheral Device tool
(pdweb)
The HP-UX Peripheral Device (pdweb) tool can be used to easily
and quickly view I/O devices and OLRAD cards. It helps manage hot
pluggable PCI slots on systems that support adding and replacing cards
without rebooting. On all HP-UX systems, pdweb will display the I/O
devices and can be used to (re)create device files for a selected
device. The Peripheral Device tool can be launched the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM)
tool or from HP SMH.
- PKI
- see Public Key Infrastructure
- ProLiant Support Pack
A set of HP software components that have been bundled together
by HP, and verified to work with a particular operating system. A ProLiant Support Pack
contains driver components, agent components, and application and
utility components. All of these are verified to install together.
- Public Key Infrastructure
(PKI)
Public Key Infrastructure is the combination of software, encryption
technologies, and services that enables enterprises to protect the
security of their communications and business transactions on the
Internet.
- Red Hat Package Manager
(RPM)
The Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful package manager that
can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall
individual software packages. A package consists of an archive of
files and package information, including name, version, and description.
- repository
The database that stores vital information about the managed
cluster, including users, nodes, node groups, roles, tools, and authorizations.
- RPM
- see Red Hat Package Manager
- SAM
- see HP-UX System Administration Manager
- search criteria
A set of variables (information) used to define a requested
subset of information from the set of all information. The information
set that can be filtered includes action information, some of the
system's information, and so on. A filter is composed of an inclusion
filter followed by an exclusion filter. The result of these two filtering
operations is called a group. An example of a filter is a SQL statement
that creates viewable information or causes management operations
to be performed.
- Secure HTTP
(HTTPS)
An extension to the HTTP protocol that supports sending data
securely over the Web.
- Secure Shell
(SSH)
A program that enables you to log in to another system over
a network and execute commands on that system. It also enables you
to move files from one system to another, and it provides authentication
and secure communications over insecure channels.
- Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL)
A standard protocol layer that lies between HTTP and TCP and
provides privacy and message integrity between a client and server.
A common use of SSL is to provide authentication of the server, so
the client can be assured it is communicating with the system that
the system claims to be. It is application protocol independent.
- Secure Task Execution
(STE)
Secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature
of HP SMH ensures that the user requesting the task has the appropriate
rights to perform the task and encrypts the request to protect data
from snooping.
- Security Attributes Configuration tool
(secweb)
The HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) tool is
used to view and configure system-wide and per-user (local users and
NIS users) values of security attributes. It also gives information
about account locks. The Security Attributes Configuration tool can
be launched from the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) tool, or from HP SMH.
- secweb
- see Security Attributes Configuration tool
- self-signed certificate
A certificate that is its own certificate authority (CA),
so that the subject and the CA are the same.
see also certificatesee also certificate authority- single login
Permission granted to an authenticated user browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM) to browse to any of the managed systems from within HP SIM
without re-authenticating to the managed system. HP SIM is the initial
point of authentication and browsing to another managed system must
be from within HP SIM.
- software update
A task to remotely update software and firmware.
- SSH
- see Secure Shell
- SSL
- see Secure Sockets Layer
- status type
Systems of specified status type (Critical, Failed/Major, Degraded/Minor,
Normal, and Unknown) as defined by HP SMH.
- STE
- see Secure Task Execution
- survey utility
An agent (or online service tool) that gathers and delivers
hardware and operating system configuration information. This information
is gathered while the server is online.
- System Fault Management tool
(evweb)
The System Fault Management (evweb) tool is used to view and
administer WBEM indications. The evweb tool can be launched from HP SMH.
- ugweb
- see Accounts for Users & Groups tool
- URI
Provides methods to access a resource on the Internet. A Uniform
Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource
Indicator (URI).
- URL
A global address of resources on the World Wide Web. A Uniform
Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).
- user
A network user with a valid login on the HP System Management Homepage.
- user accounts
Accounts used to log in to HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). These accounts associate
a local Windows user, domain account, or an HP-UX or Linux user group
with privilege levels and paging attributes inside HP SMH.
- VCA
- see HP Version Control Agent
- VCRM
- see HP Version Control Repository Manager
- version control
Referred to as the Version Control Repository Manager installed on a Windows system for
Windows and Linux Proliant systems, and Software Distributor on HP-UX
operating systems. Provides an overview of the software status for
all managed ProLiant or Integrity systems and can update system software
and firmware on those systems programmatically using predetermined
criteria. Version control identifies systems that are running out-of-date
system software, indicates if an upgrade is available, and provides
reasons for upgrading. For HP-UX systems, Software Distributor can
be launched from an HP Systems Insight Manager CMS against one or more installed
HP-UX systems.
- WBEM
- see Web-Based Enterprise Management
- Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM)
Is a platform and resource independent DMTF (Distributed Management
Task Force) standard that defines both a common model (i.e., description)
and protocol (i.e., interface) for monitoring and controlling a diverse
set of resources. The HP WBEM Services for HP-UX products is the HP-UX
implementation of the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) WBEM
standard.