Installation guide

SNMP
Used to monitor and manage application processes running on the servers by exchanging data
about network activity. Also Simple Network Management Protocol.
SNMP mast er agent
Software that exchanges information between the various subagents and the NMS.
SNMP subagent
Software that gathers information about the managed device and passes the information to the
master agent. Also called a subagent.
SSL
A software library establishing a secure connection between two parties (client and server)
used to implement HT T PS, the secure version of HT T P. Also called Secure Sockets Layer.
st andard index
index maintained by default.
sub suffix
A branch underneath a root suffix.
subagent
See SNMP subagent.
substring index
Allows for efficient searching against substrings within entries. Substring indexes are limited to
a minimum of two characters for each entry.
suffix
The name of the entry at the top of the directory tree, below which data is stored. Multiple
suffixes are possible within the same directory. Each database only has one suffix.
superuser
The most privileged user available on Unix machines. The superuser has complete access
privileges to all files on the machine. Also called root.
supplier
Server containing the master copy of directory trees or subtrees that are replicated to replica
servers.
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