License Key enabled features and functionality embedded in the Operating Software, but not required to operate HDS Hardware.
Current Version
Latest generally available Version.
Fixes
Error corrections to the Product.
Hardware
HDS storage equipment.
Host-Based Software
Set of features and functionality that executes on a Host platform such as Windows, Solaris, Z/OS, independently of HDS Hardware.
Operating Software
Software required to operate HDS Hardware.
Patches
Minor enhancements to the Software that typically provide interoperability updates.
Product
HDS Software and Hardware.
Release
Enhancements and improvements to the features and functionality set of the Current Version of the Product.
Service Pack
An accumulation of Fixes and Patches into a generally available package applicable to the Current Version of the Software, v1.r1.r2. Released at the same time as a new maintenance level and targeted at existing Software install base.
Software
HDS Host-Based Software, Operating Software and Array-Based Software
Software Upgrade
Migration to the Current Version, v1.r1.r2, of the Software. Upgrades are provided to customers under a current maintenance agreement.
Version
A base set of features and functionality for the Product.