User guide

Glossary March 2005
Through Software Release 6.1
Issue 1 Page 419 of 425
Canopy System User Guide
MIB
Management Information Base. Space that allows a program (agent)
in the network to relay information to a network monitor about the
status of defined variables (objects).
MySQL
A registered trademark of MySQL AB Company in the United States,
the European Union, and other countries.
mysqladmin
A command to set the administrator and associated password on the
Bandwidth and Authentication Manager (BAM) server.
mysql-server
Package group that enables the SQL Database Server application in
the Red Hat
®
Linux
®
9 operating system to provide SQL data for
Bandwidth and Authentication Manager (BAM) operations.
NAT
Network Address Translation defined in RFC 1631. A scheme that
isolates Subscriber Modules from the Internet. See
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1631.html
.
NEC
National Electrical Code. The set of national wiring standards that are
enforced in the U.S.A.
NetBIOS
Protocol defined in RFC 1001 and RFC 1002 to support an
applications programming interface in TCP/IP. This interface allows a
computer to transmit and receive data with another host computer on
the network. RFC 1001 defines the concepts and methods. RFC 1002
defines the detailed specifications. See
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1001.html
and
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1002.html.
Network Address
Translation
Scheme that defines the Access Point Module as a proxy server to
isolate registered Subscriber Modules from the Internet. Defined in
RFC 1631. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1631.html
.
Network Management
Station
Monitor device that uses Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) to control, gather, and report information about predefined
network variables (objects).
NMS
Network Management Station. A monitor device that uses Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to control, gather, and report
information about predefined network variables (objects).
Object
Network variable that is defined in the Management Information Base.
OptiPlex
A trademark of Dell, Inc.
outdiscards count Field
How many outbound packets were discarded without errors that would
have prevented their transmission. (Some of these packets may have
been discarded to increase buffer space.)
outerrrors count Field
How many outbound packets contained errors that prevented their
transmission.