Term | Description |
API | Application Programming Interface |
CA | Certificate Authority |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
DRS | Distributed Resource Scheduler |
FSDB | File System Database |
GB | Gigabyte |
HA | High Availability |
HIS | Historical Inventory Service |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
IOPS | Input Output Operation per Second |
LAN | Local area network |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
MB | Megabyte |
NA | Not Available / Not Applicable |
NOC | Network Operations Center |
RBAC | Role-based access control |
RC | Remote collector |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
SAN | Subject Alternative Name (in the context of SSL certificates) |
SAN | Storage area network (in the context of shared storage) |
SDDC | Software-defined data center |
SDK | Software development kit |
SDN | software-defined networking |
SDS | Software-defined storage |
SLA | Service level agreement |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SP | Service provider |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
UI | User interface |
vApp | Virtual appliance |
vCPU | Virtual central processing unit |
VDC | Virtual data center |
VM | Virtual machine |
VPC | Virtual private cloud |
WAN | Wide area network |