GLOSSARY
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TERM
DEFINITION
Management Information Base
Management Information Base. A description of the data stored in a Network
Element similar to a C structure. A MIB definition allows the EDACS
Network Manager to read and write values in a Network Element.
MAU
Multistation Access Unit. A transceiver for LAN connections.
ME
Management Element. An EDACS platform that configures EDACS NEs.
Examples of MEs are CEC/IMC Manager, EDACS 4 Radio Programmer,
EDACS Network Manager, System Manager, PI terminal, EDG terminal, etc.
Media Access Control (MAC)
A protocol governing a station’s access to a network.
MIB
See Management Information Base.
MIM
MASTR II/III Interface Module
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The MIM connects an EDACS radio
system to the CEC/IMC switch. EDACS radio systems include EDACS sites,
simulcast systems, voted systems, CNI and SCAT systems.
MOM
MOnitor Module
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The MOM is a CEC/IMC interface module that provides
serial data connections for the CEC/IMC Manager (MOM PC) and the System
Manager computers.
MOM PC
(see CEC/IMC Manager)
Multiple Access Unit (MAU)
For a Token Ring, a concentrator used to connect multiple stations to the ring.
multisite
A multisite is a network of multiple EDACS radio systems and possibly
conventional radio systems all linked together for wide-area communication. In
a multisite network, adjacent systems do not use the same radio frequencies.
Each system networked may have a different number of working channels.
Native Proxy
Proxy that communicates with its agents via SNMP.
NE
Network Element. An EDACS platform that provides links in the EDACS
network for either digital voice, analog voice, data, or control information. IT
IS NOT A PLATFORM USED TO CONFIGURE EDACS NEs. Examples of
NEs are IMC, GETC, Site Controllers, PIs, etc.
Network Address
The 32-bit IP address of a system.
Network Manager
The EDACS Network Manager is a UNIX workstation or server that provides
EDACS administrators with a consistent, integrated view of the alarm status of
their EDACS network.
Network Number
A network is a logical association of IMC, StarGate, CEC, and Remote CEC
nodes. The Network Number identifies the nodes for which the traffic will be
monitored by the Multisite Monitor.
NIM
Network Interface Module
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Two or more IMC networks can be linked
together for distributed multisite communications using a NIM at each IMC
switch.
