User`s guide

Local Management Overview
Local Management User’s Guide 1-5
Spoofing
The concept of mimicking correct responses to keep level requests alive at the local end of a
temporarily broken connection is called connection (or call) spoofing. Call spoofing saves connect
time charges by allowing the call to be disconnected without causing the NOS to time-out the
client/host connection. It also enhances data throughput by keeping the line clear of these network
administration packets.
Local Management Overview
Cabletron Systems Local Management is a management tool that allows a network manager to
perform the following tasks:
• Configure interconnected devices to form a network.
• Monitor the performance of the network.
• Control user access to the network and its components for the purpose of security.
Management Agent
The management agent is a process within the HSIM or CyberSWITCH that collects information
about the operational performance of the managed network. Local Management communicates
with the management agent for the purpose of issuing management commands to network devices.
Local vs. Remote Management
Network management applications can be defined as either local or remote applications. A Local
Management application resides within the HSIM or CyberSWITCH management agent and is
accessible via a TELNET connection through either the EPIM port, or HSIM port of the device.
Remote management applications such as Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM, SPECTRUM
Element Manager, or QuickSET run in another device that provides management services. This
allows you to perform network management and configuration from a remote location.