The CLM guide uses specific terms to describe some basic elements of a CLM system. The following topics define commonly used terms used in the CLM system documentation that may be unfamiliar to the reader.

Note: Although the usage of each term is typically as described, a specific context may include a variant of the term.

A station is a physical processing entity that has one native OS instance, or hosts OS instances in multiple VMs. The term station is typically used only for configuration operations, such as actions that require CLI access.

The term “host station” is sometimes used to indicate the physical station that hosts a specific VM or function.

The deployer host is a VM from which you deploy the container environment for a CLM cluster.

A CLM cluster is a VM in a Kubernetes container environment that hosts CLM software and functions. A CLM system deployment includes at least one CLM cluster.

A CLM cluster member is a VM in a CLM cluster. A CLM cluster member is also called a cluster node, depending on the context.

The CLM cluster host is a specific CLM cluster member from which CLM deployment operations in the cluster are performed. Node 1 of a cluster is chosen as the CLM cluster host.