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Glossary
server
A computer that provides shared resources, such as files and printers,
to the network. Used primarily to store data, providing access to
shared resources. Usually contains a network operating system.
simple network
management
protocol
SNMP. A transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
(TCP/IP)-derived protocol governing network management and
monitoring of network devices.
simple network
management
protocol community
SNMP community. Also known as SNMP community string. SNMP
community is a cluster of managed products (in SNMP terminology,
hosts) to which the server or managed product running the SNMP
agent belongs.
simple network
management
protocol community
name
SNMP community name. The name assigned to a given SNMP
community. Queries from an SNMP management station to a device
running an SNMP agent will only elicit a response if those queries are
addressed with the correct SNMP community name.
simple network
management
protocol
management station
SNMP management station. An SNMP workstation personal
computer (PC) used to oversee the SNMP network.
SNMP See simple network management protocol .
SNMP community See simple network management protocol community .
SNMP community
name
See simple network management protocol community name .
SNMP management
station
See simple network management protocol management station .
storage area network
SAN. A high-performance data communications environment that
interconnects computing and storage resources so that the resources
can be effectively shared and consolidated.
See also local area
network .
subnet mask A mask used by a computer to determine whether another computer
with which it needs to communicate is located on a local or remote
network. The network mask depends upon the class of networks to
which the computer is connecting. The mask indicates which digits to
look at in a longer network address and allows the router to avoid
handling the entire address. Subnet masking allows routers to move