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This glossary includes terms and definitions from:
v The American National Dictionary for Information
Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990, copyright 1990 by
the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). Copies may be purchased from the
American National Standards Institute, 1430
Broadway, New York, New York 10018.
Definitions are identified by the symbol (A)
after the definition.
v The Information Technology Vocabulary developed
by Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical Committee
1, of the International Organization for
Standardization and the International
Electrotechnical Committee (ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1). Definitions of published parts of
this vocabulary are identified by the symbol (I)
after the definition; definitions taken from draft
international standards, committee drafts, and
working papers being developed by ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1 are identified by the symbol (T) after
the definition, indicating that final agreement
has not yet been reached among the
participating National Bodies of SC1.
v The IBM Dictionary of Computing, New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
v The IBM Glossary of Computing Terms, 1999.
To
view other IBM glossary sources, see IBM
Terminology at www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology.
A
accelerator key
In a user interface, a key or combination
of keys that invokes an
application-defined function.
Advanced Encryption Setting (AES)
A block cipher algorithm, also known as
Rijndael, used to encrypt data transmitted
between managed systems and the
management server, which employs a key
of 128, 192, or 256 bits. AES was
developed as a replacement for DES.
Advanced System Management (ASM)
interconnect
A feature of IBM service processors that
enables users to connect up to 24 servers
to one service processor, thus eliminating
the need for multiple modems,
telephones, and LAN ports. It provides
such out-of-band management functions
as system power control,
service-processor event-log management,
firmware updates, alert notification, and
user profile configuration.
Advanced System Management (ASM)
interconnect network
A network of IBM servers created by
using the ASM interconnect feature. The
servers are connected through RS-485
ports. When servers containing integrated
system management processors (ISMPs)
and ASM processors are connected to an
ASM interconnect network, IBM Director
can manage them out-of-band.
Advanced System Management (ASM) PCI
adapter
An IBM service processor that is built into
the Netfinity 7000 M10 and 8500R servers.
It also was available as an option that
could be installed in a server that
contained an ASM processor. When an
ASM PCI adapter is used with an ASM
processor, the ASM PCI adapter acts as an
Ethernet gateway, while the ASM
processor retains control of the server.
When used as a gateway service
processor, the ASM PCI adapter can
communicate with other ASM PCI
adapters and ASM processors only.
Advanced System Management (ASM)
processor
A service processor built into the
mid-range Netfinity and early xSeries
servers. IBM Director can connect
out-of-band to an ASM processor located
on an ASM interconnect; an ASM PCI
adapter, a Remote Supervisor Adapter, or
a Remote Supervisor II must serve as the
gateway service processor.
alert A message or other indication that
identifies a problem or an impending
problem.
alert forwarding
Alert forwarding can ensure that alerts
are sent, even if a managed system
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