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Term
Definition
datastore
A container for virtual machine files, including compute and storage resources. For
more information, refer to your hypervisor documentation.
failure domain {internal} A collection of HPE OmniStack hosts that serve as potential high availability failover
targets for each other for purposes of high availability and disaster recovery.
federation
A collection of HPE OmniStack hosts managed in a single globally-unified
management domain.
guest operating system
The operating system that runs inside a virtual machine.
host
A generic term referring to either an HPE OmniStack host or a standard host.
HPE OmniStack host
A host (server) containing an Accelerator card that communicates with the HPE
OmniStack software and some supported virtualization software. An OmniStack host
uses a dedicated virtual machine called the Virtual Controller, which runs the HPE
OmniStack software.
HPE OmniStack
software
The software running on the Virtual Controller.
OmniCube host
See HPE OmniStack host.
Virtual Controller
A virtual machine dedicated to the HPE OmniStack host that runs the HPE
OmniStack software.
virtual machine
(VM)
A virtual computer environment that runs a guest operating system and associated
application software. Multiple virtual machines can operate concurrently on the same
physical host machine.
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