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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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GLOSSARY
A
agent
Process that resides in all managed devices and reports the values of specified variables to
management stations.
B
browser
GUI-based hypertext client application, such as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, used to
access hypertext documents and other services located on innumerable remote servers throughout the
World Wide Web (WWW) and Internet.
C
Cisco IOS software
Cisco Internetwork Operating System software. Cisco system software that provides common
functionality, scalability, and security for many Cisco products. The Cisco IOS software allows
centralized, integrated, and automated installation and management of internetworks, while ensuring
support for a wide variety of protocols, media, services, and platforms.
CLI
command line interface. An interface that allows the user to interact with the Cisco IOS software
operating system by entering commands and optional arguments.
client
Node or software program that requests services from a server. The IPM user interface is an example
of a client. See also
server.
collector
Entity defined to measure network performance statistics from a specific router (source) to a specific
device (target). The collector definition includes information about the source target, the protocol
used to take measurements, how often measurement are taken, and the length of time (duration) of
the measurements.
command line
interface
See CLI.
community name
See community string.
community string
Text string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate messages sent between a management
station and a router containing an SNMP agent. The community string is sent in every packet between
the manager and the agent. Also called a
community name.
D
data-link switching
See DLSw.