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The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this document.
Term | Definition |
BOM | Bill of Materials |
ITOM | IT Operational Management |
LCM | Life-cycle Management – automation of updating and upgrades of VCF |
MDM | Meta Data Manager |
SDC | Storage Data Client |
SDS | Storage Data Server |
VCF | VMware Cloud Foundation |
VDS | vSphere Distributed Switch (defined and managed by vCenter) |
VI | Virtual Infrastructure – used regarding a workload domain |
VM | Virtual Machine |