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Glossary Terms This topic provides definitions of terms that are used in the OFM product. This glossary defines technical terms and abbreviations used in this IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager 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 available blades This is a collection of blades that can you can add to a standby blade pool. This section will either contain all the blades in a chassis or all the blades that have been discovered. To see all the blades that have been discovered, run BladeCenter Configuration Manager un-targeted by double clicking on the task. To see only the blades in a chassis run BladeCenter Configuration Manager targeted by dragging the task onto a BladeCenter chassis. B blade blade server An IBM BladeCenter server. A high-throughput server on a card that supports symmetric multiprocessors (SMP). BladeCenter chassis A BladeCenter unit that acts as an enclosure. It enables the individual blade servers to share resources such as the management, switch, power and blower modules. BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager An IBM solution that enables you to quickly deploy, replace and recover blades in your environment. C chassis The metal frame in which various electronic components are mounted. D discovery The process of finding resources within an enterprise, including finding the new location of monitored resources that were moved. E event An occurrence of significance to a task or system, such as the completion or failure of an operation. There are two types of events: alert and resolution. event action The action that IBM Director takes in response to a specific event or events event-action plan A user-defined plan that determines how IBM Director manages certain events. An event action plan comprises one or more event filters and one or more customized event actions. extension See IBM Director extension. I IBM Director Console A component of IBM Director software. When installed on a system, it provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing IBM Director Server. IBM Director Console transfers data to and from the management server using TCP/IP. IBM Director environment The complex, heterogeneous environment managed by IBM Director. It includes © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008 59

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Glossary
Terms
This
topic
provides
definitions
of
terms
that
are
used
in
the
OFM
product.
This
glossary
defines
technical
terms
and
abbreviations
used
in
this
IBM
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
document.
If
you
do
not
find
the
term
you
are
looking
for,
view
the
IBM
Terminology
Web
site
at:
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
available
blades
This
is
a
collection
of
blades
that
can
you
can
add
to
a
standby
blade
pool.
This
section
will
either
contain
all
the
blades
in
a
chassis
or
all
the
blades
that
have
been
discovered.
To
see
all
the
blades
that
have
been
discovered,
run
BladeCenter
Configuration
Manager
un-targeted
by
double
clicking
on
the
task.
To
see
only
the
blades
in
a
chassis
run
BladeCenter
Configuration
Manager
targeted
by
dragging
the
task
onto
a
BladeCenter
chassis.
B
blade
blade
server
An
IBM
BladeCenter
server.
A
high-throughput
server
on
a
card
that
supports
symmetric
multiprocessors
(SMP).
BladeCenter
chassis
A
BladeCenter
unit
that
acts
as
an
enclosure.
It
enables
the
individual
blade
servers
to
share
resources
such
as
the
management,
switch,
power
and
blower
modules.
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
An
IBM
solution
that
enables
you
to
quickly
deploy,
replace
and
recover
blades
in
your
environment.
C
chassis
The
metal
frame
in
which
various
electronic
components
are
mounted.
D
discovery
The
process
of
finding
resources
within
an
enterprise,
including
finding
the
new
location
of
monitored
resources
that
were
moved.
E
event
An
occurrence
of
significance
to
a
task
or
system,
such
as
the
completion
or
failure
of
an
operation.
There
are
two
types
of
events:
alert
and
resolution.
event
action
The
action
that
IBM
Director
takes
in
response
to
a
specific
event
or
events
event-action
plan
A
user-defined
plan
that
determines
how
IBM
Director
manages
certain
events.
An
event
action
plan
comprises
one
or
more
event
filters
and
one
or
more
customized
event
actions.
extension
See
IBM
Director
extension
.
I
IBM
Director
Console
A
component
of
IBM
Director
software.
When
installed
on
a
system,
it
provides
a
graphical
user
interface
(GUI)
for
accessing
IBM
Director
Server.
IBM
Director
Console
transfers
data
to
and
from
the
management
server
using
TCP/IP.
IBM
Director
environment
The
complex,
heterogeneous
environment
managed
by
IBM
Director.
It
includes
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2007,
2008
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