ServerConductor/Blade Server Manager Description and Reference

## Appendix E. Glossary

alert
  Information, such as about an error that has occurred on a host. Because ServerConductor can detect alert information, host failures can be handled at an early stage.
dump
  Process of recording or displaying a file's contents or the memory contents.
failover
  A function for using an alternate server to inherit processing and data in the event of a server failure.
host
  Generic name for any Windows server managed by ServerConductor.
hot plug
  Mounting components without turning off the power.
inventory
  Information about a host's configuration and status, such as the OS version, hardware status, and hard disk capacity of a managed host.
Linux server
  A PC server running Linux.
managed host
  Generic name for any Windows or Linux server managed by ServerConductor.
manager
  Machine that manages an entire system through collective management of servers.
manager service log file
  A log file output by the BSM manager service. Log information about communication using the SNMP protocol is also output to this log file.
server alert log
  A log of alerts that have occurred at a server.
Web management console
  A management console that enables ServerConductor's console service functionality to be used from a Web browser.
Windows server
  A PC server running Windows.

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