Management Information Base (MIB)
An acronym for Management Information Base. It is a set of database
objects that contains information about a specific device.
Multicast Switching
A process whereby the switch filters incoming multicast frames for services for
which no attached host has registered, or forwards them to all ports contained
within the designated multicast VLAN group.
Out-of-Band Management
Management of the network from a station not attached to the network.
Port Mirroring
A method whereby data on a target port is mirrored to a monitor port for trou-
bleshooting with a logic analyzer or RMON probe. This allows data on the tar-
get port to be studied unobstructively.
Port Trunk
Defines a network link aggregation and trunking method which specifies how to
create a single high-speed logical link that combines several lower-speed
physical links.
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. It eliminates
the polling required in standard SNMP, and can set alarms on a variety of traf-
fic conditions, including specific error types.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
The application protocol in the Internet suite of protocols which offers network
management services.
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