Acronym |
Expansion |
|---|---|
API |
Application Programming Interface |
BOM |
Bill Of Materials |
CMDB |
Configuration Management Database |
COP |
Central Orchestration Platform (one of the three POD flavors) |
CPE |
Customer Premises Equipment |
CSC |
Cloud Service Customer |
CRUDL |
Create, Read, Update, Delete, List |
CSP |
Cloud Service Provider |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
ERD |
Entity Relationship Diagram |
Galaxy |
All COPs and Regions managed by one PAT |
GPU |
Graphical Processing Unit |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
HA |
High Availability |
HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
IaaS |
Infrastructure as a Service |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
MAC |
Media Access Control (48 bit, 12 x hex, address) |
MFA |
Multi Factor Authentication |
NFS |
Network File System |
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
NOC |
Network Oroerations Centre |
OOB |
Out Of Band |
OS |
Operating System |
PAT |
Provisioning and Telemetry (one of the three POD flavors) |
PE |
Provider End |
PI |
Physical Infrastructure |
PMS |
Primary Management Subnet |
POC |
Proof of Concept |
RAM |
Random Access Memory |
RBD |
Rados Block Device (part of Ceph) |
REST |
Representational State Transfer |
RSN |
Request for Service Number |
SaaS |
Software as a Service |
SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOC |
Security Operations Centre |
SSD |
Solid State Drive |
TOTP |
Time-based One Time Password |
UI |
User Interface |
UID |
Unique Identifies |
ULA |
Unique Local Addresses |
Universe |
All CloudCIX Galaxies everywhere |
URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
vCPU |
Virtual Central Processing Unit |
VI |
Virtual Infrastructure |
VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
VM |
Virtual Machine |
VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
VRF |
Virtual Routing and Forwarding |
fc00::/7 is an IPv6 private address range defined in RFC4193 and known as unique local addresses (ULA).
multitenant means software or infrastructure that is used by multiple organisations.
Pod is the unit of physical infrastructure of CloudCIX.
Region is a flavor of Pod in which user infrastructure is built.
RFC1918 is an Internet standard specifying private IPv4 address ranges.