Specifications

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Cisco AS5800 Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning Guide
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GLOSSARY
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AAA
Triple A security in billing that stands for authentication, authorization and accounting.
access charge
Charges long distance providers pay to local telephone service providers for use of the local network to complete long distance
calls.
access line
The circuit between a telephone subscriber and the local switching center.
access server
Communications processor that connects asynchronous devices to a LAN or WAN through network and terminal emulation
software. Performs both synchronous and asynchronous routing of supported protocols. Sometimes called a network access
server. See also communication server.
accounting management
One of five categories of network management defined by ISO for management of OSI networks. Accounting management
subsystems are responsible for collecting network data relating to resource usage. See also configuration management, fault
management, performance management, and security management.
address
Data structure or logical convention used to identify a unique entity, such as a particular process or network device.
address mapping group (RMON2)
A list of MAC addresses that correspond to the network addresses discovered by the SwitchProbe device.
address mask
Bit combination used to describe which portion of an address refers to the network or subnet and which part refers to the host.
Sometimes referred to simply as mask. See also subnet mask.
administrative applications
TrafficDirector applications performed by a network administrator that concentrate on performing the necessary configuration
tasks to functionally link data-monitoring devices to utilities that display the monitored data.