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NetWare Glossary

Network Interface Card (NIC)

A circuit board installed in each workstation to allow stations to

communicate with each other and with the NetWare server.

NetWare documentation uses the term “Network board” instead of “NIC.”

Network management

Network management is the part of NetWare Services that offers client

applications the capability to view and manage many of the resources on the

network.

The network management on UNIX consists of

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Maintains a list of requested peer daemons and knows which daemon or query

for speciﬁc information.

• UNIX host peer daemon

Manages the UNIX operating system. In HP-UX, for example, this is hostmibd

• Definition file

Compiled from the MIB

• Network management console

Presents management information to the user. Compiles MIBs using its own

compiler.

NetWare Services adds

• NWUMPS daemon and associated MIB

• NWUM daemon and associated MIB

• Drivers

When the NetWare Services protocol stack is initialized, the NPS daemon

checks the conﬁguration parameters for network management. If the stack is

conﬁgured for network management, the NPS daemon spawns the

NWUMPS daemon, which allows the following to be managed: the protocol

stack (IPX, RIP, SPX, SAP, Diagnostic).