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Glossary Terms This glossary defines technical terms and abbreviations used in this SMASH Proxy document. If you do not find the term you are looking for, view the IBM Terminology Web site at: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology. Selection of Terms: A term is a word or group of words to be defined. In this glossary, the singular form of the noun and the infinitive form of the verb are the terms most often selected to be defined. If the term may be abbreviated, the abbreviation is indicated. The abbreviation is also defined in its proper place in the glossary. A absolute target address A designation of target address which begins at the root of the containment hierarchy. admin domain A logical entity that is the access point for managing a chassis. Also referred to as administrative domain. association Class that contains two or more references. It represents a relationship between two or more objects. C CDT See current default target. CIM See common information model. client A logical component that manages a system via the system's manageability access point (MAP). A client may run on a management station or other system. CLP See command line protocol. common information model A standard which provides a common definition of management information for systems, networks, applications and services, and allows for vendor extensions. command line Expression of a management action, including a command verb, and if © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 specified, a command target, options and option arguments, and properties and value. command line protocol The command line protocol defined by SMASH, used for managing systems. command processor The logical entity within a MAP responsible for parsing, interpreting, and executing incoming commands and returning responses. command response Response returned by the CLP service to a client when a command is issued. This consists of command status and command results. command results The actual results of a successful command returned as part of the command response. command status Information returned by the CLP service to a client describing the overall status of a command. current default target The CLP session environment setting that establishes a default base address for all command targets that are expressed as a relative target address and is used as the command target if no command target is specified in a command entered. E Ethernet A packet-based networking technology for local area networks (LANs) that allows multiple access and handles contention by using Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) as the access method. Ethernet is standardized in the IEEE 802.3 specification. G GMT See Greenwich mean time. Greenwich mean time The mean solar time at the meridian of Greenwich, England. 117

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Glossary
Terms
This
glossary
defines
technical
terms
and
abbreviations
used
in
this
SMASH
Proxy
document.
If
you
do
not
find
the
term
you
are
looking
for,
view
the
IBM
Terminology
Web
site
at:
Selection
of
Terms:
A
term
is
a
word
or
group
of
words
to
be
defined.
In
this
glossary,
the
singular
form
of
the
noun
and
the
infinitive
form
of
the
verb
are
the
terms
most
often
selected
to
be
defined.
If
the
term
may
be
abbreviated,
the
abbreviation
is
indicated.
The
abbreviation
is
also
defined
in
its
proper
place
in
the
glossary.
A
absolute
target
address
A
designation
of
target
address
which
begins
at
the
root
of
the
containment
hierarchy.
admin
domain
A
logical
entity
that
is
the
access
point
for
managing
a
chassis.
Also
referred
to
as
administrative
domain
.
association
Class
that
contains
two
or
more
references.
It
represents
a
relationship
between
two
or
more
objects.
C
CDT
See
current
default
target
.
CIM
See
common
information
model
.
client
A
logical
component
that
manages
a
system
via
the
system’s
manageability
access
point
(MAP).
A
client
may
run
on
a
management
station
or
other
system.
CLP
See
command
line
protocol
.
common
information
model
A
standard
which
provides
a
common
definition
of
management
information
for
systems,
networks,
applications
and
services,
and
allows
for
vendor
extensions.
command
line
Expression
of
a
management
action,
including
a
command
verb,
and
if
specified,
a
command
target,
options
and
option
arguments,
and
properties
and
value.
command
line
protocol
The
command
line
protocol
defined
by
SMASH,
used
for
managing
systems.
command
processor
The
logical
entity
within
a
MAP
responsible
for
parsing,
interpreting,
and
executing
incoming
commands
and
returning
responses.
command
response
Response
returned
by
the
CLP
service
to
a
client
when
a
command
is
issued.
This
consists
of
command
status
and
command
results
.
command
results
The
actual
results
of
a
successful
command
returned
as
part
of
the
command
response.
command
status
Information
returned
by
the
CLP
service
to
a
client
describing
the
overall
status
of
a
command.
current
default
target
The
CLP
session
environment
setting
that
establishes
a
default
base
address
for
all
command
targets
that
are
expressed
as
a
relative
target
address
and
is
used
as
the
command
target
if
no
command
target
is
specified
in
a
command
entered.
E
Ethernet
A
packet-based
networking
technology
for
local
area
networks
(LANs)
that
allows
multiple
access
and
handles
contention
by
using
Carrier
Sense
Multiple
Access
with
Collision
Detection
(CSMA/CD)
as
the
access
method.
Ethernet
is
standardized
in
the
IEEE
802.3
specification.
G
GMT
See
Greenwich
mean
time
.
Greenwich
mean
time
The
mean
solar
time
at
the
meridian
of
Greenwich,
England.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2006
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