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Glossary
audit The collection of data about the use of system resources. Auditing provides a
record of security-related system events.
audit class A grouping of audit events. Audit classes provide a way to select a group of
events to audit.
audit event A security-related system action that is audited. Events are grouped into
classes.
audit file An audit log where audit records are stored.
audit policy A set of auditing options that an administrator can enable or disable. These
options include which events will be recorded and whether to record certain
kinds of audit data. The options also include whether to suspend audible
actions when the audit trail is full.
audit record Audit data that is stored in an audit file. An audit record describes a single
audit event. Each audit record is composed of audit tokens.
audit trail A set of audit logs that have been recorded by the server. The audit trail can be
analyzed with the use of audit tools.
authentication A method by which a server validates and authorizes a user or function to
access or use the server.
authorization The ability to perform an operation, act, or function with a computer resource
(for example, run, modify, or show).
The means by which the ability is explicitly enabled or restricted in some way.
Capacity on Demand
(COD) An option that provides additional CPU processing resources when needed.
These additional CPUs are provided on COD CPU boards that are installed in
the server. To access the COD CPUs, you must purchase the COD right-to use
(RTU) licenses for them.
COD See Capacity on Demand (COD).