HP Integrity BL870c HP Integrity iLO 2 Operations Guide, Eleventh Edition - Page 218

Common Information Model (CIM) Console The CLP consists of a set of command verbs that manipulate command targets representing Managed Elements (ME) that are within the scope of access by a MAP. Each CLP interaction consists of a command line transmitted to the CLP service and a subsequent response transmitted back to the client. Each command transmitted generates only one response data transmission to the client. The CLP allows for extensibility through different mechanisms: verbs, targets, target properties, and option names, and option arguments. The conventions allow for implementers to extend the interface in a non-conflicting mechanism that allows for differentiation and experimentation without encroaching upon the standard CLP syntax and semantics. An industry standard that was developed by the DMTF. CIM describes data about applications and devices so that administrators and software management programs can control applications and devices on different platforms in the same way, ensuring interoperability across a network. CIM provides a common definition of management information for systems, components, networks, applications, and services, and it allows for vendor extensions. CIM common definitions enable vendors to exchange management information between systems. Using techniques of object-oriented programming, CIM provides a consistent definition and structure of data, including expressions for elements such as object classes, properties, associations, and methods. For example, if an enterprise purchases four different servers from four different vendors and networks them together, using CIM, the administrator can view the same information about each of the devices, such as manufacturer and serial number, the device's model number, its location on the network, its storage capacity, and its relationship to the applications that run throughout the network. The interface between iLO 2 and the server that controls basic functionality. Also known as host console. D DDNS DHCP Directory Server Distinguished Name (DN) DMTF DNS Dynamic Domain Name System. DDNS is how iLO 2 automatically registers its name with the Domain Name System so that when iLO 2 receives its new IP address from DHCP, users can connect to the new iLO 2 using the host name, rather than the new IP address. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol that enables a DHCP server to assign Internet Protocol (IP) addresses dynamically to systems on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. Without DHCP, IP addresses must be entered manually at each computer, and when computers are moved to another location on another part of the network, a new IP address must be entered. In the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), a server which stores and provides information about people and resources within an organization from a logically centralized location. In the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), a unique text string that identifies an entry's name and location within the directory. A DN can be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that includes the complete path from the root of the tree. Distributed Management Task Force. The industry organization that authors and promotes management standards and integration technology for enterprise and Internet environments to further the ability to remotely manage computer systems. Domain Name Server. The server that typically manages host names in a domain. DNS servers translate host names, such as www.example.com, into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, such as 030.120.000.168. Domain Name Service. The data query service that searches domains until a specified host name is found. Domain Name System. A distributed, name resolution system that enables computers to locate other computers on a network or the Internet by domain name. The system associates standard Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, such as 00.120.000.168, with host names, such as www.hp.com. Machines typically acquire this information from a DNS server. 218 Glossary