BladeUser.org Glossary of Terms

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CAGR

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Compound annual growth rate

Calibrated Vectored Cooling

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CDP

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Cisco Discovery Protocol

CE

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Component errors

Chassis

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The metal frame in which various electronic components are mounted.

Chassis Detect-and-Deploy Profile

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A profile that IBM Director automatically applies to all new BladeCenter chassis when they are discovered. The profile settings include management module name, network protocols, and static IP addresses. If Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) is installed on the management server, the chassis detect-and-deploy profile also can include deployment policies.

CIM - Common Information Model

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An implementation-neutral, object-oriented schema for describing network management information. The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) develops and maintains CIM specifications.

CLI - Command-Line Interface

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A type of computer interface in which the input command is a string of text characters.

Client Blades

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Blade PCs or blade clients which provide PC functionality in rack subsystem where support and management is centralized. End users access the centralized resources through a local thin-client or keyboard, mouse and monitor as if the blade PC were local.

Cloning

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In z/VM®, a copying technique that preserves the characteristics of the original but personalizes instance-specific data. The result of a cloning operation is new instance of an entity (for example, of a virtual disk, a virtual computer system, or an operating system) rather than a backup of the original.

CLP

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command-line protocol

Cluster Computing

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A group of tightly coupled computers so highly integrated in their functions they can be viewed as a single computer.

CMS

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Cisco Management Suite

Component Association

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In the IBM Director Rack Manager task, a function that can make a managed system or device rack-mountable when the inventory collection feature of IBM Director does not recognize the managed system or device. The function associates the system or device with a predefined component.

CPM

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Copper pass-thru module

CPU - Central Processing Unit

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The part of a computer that includes the circuits that control the interpretation and running of instructions.

CRU - Customer-Replaceable Unit

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An assembly or part that a customer can replace.

CSM

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Cluster systems management