User guide

Canopy System User Guide Glossary
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SM MIB
Management Information Base file that defines objects that are
specific to the Subscriber Module or Backhaul timing slave. See also
Management Information Base.
SNMP
See Simple Network Management Protocol, defined in RFC 1157.
SNMP Trap
Capture of information that informs the network monitor through
Simple Network Management Protocol of a monitored occurrence in
the module.
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The protocol that the
Northbound Interface in Prizm uses to support integration of Prizm
with an operations support systems (OSS) such as a customer
relationship management (CRM), billing, or provisioning system
SSE
Bandwidth and Authentication Manager (BAM) interface to the SQL
server. Unique sets of commands are available on this interface to
manage the BAM SQL database and user access. Distinguished from
Engine. See also Engine.
Standard Operating
Margin
See Fade Margin.
Static IP Address
Assignment
Assignment of Internet Protocol address that can be changed only
manually. Thus static IP address assignment requires more
configuration time and consumes more of the available IP addresses
than DHCP address assignment does. RFC 2050 provides guidelines
for the static allocation of IP addresses. See
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2050.html
. See also DHCP.
su -
A command that opens a Linux
®
operating system session for the user
root.
Subnet Mask
32-bit binary number that filters an IP address to reveal what part
identifies the network and what part identifies the host. The number of
subnet mask bits that are set to 1 indicates how many leading bits of
the IP address identify the network. The number of subnet mask bits
that are set 0 indicate how many trailing bits of the IP address identify
the host.
Subscriber Module
Customer premises equipment (CPE) device that extends network or
Internet services by communication with an Access Point Module or an
Access Point cluster.
Sustained Data Rate
Preset rate limit of data transfer.
Switch
Network element that uses the port that is associated with the physical
address of another to pass data to only the intended recipient.
Compare to Bridge and Router.