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Glossary
444 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
IP packet filtering
This is a set of facilities in network equipment that allows the filtering of data packets based
on source/destination addresses, protocol, TCP port number and other parameters. Packet fil-
tering is one of the main functions of a firewall.
KVM Switch (KVM)
Keyboard-Video-Mouse Switches connect to the KVM ports of many computers and allow the
network manager to access them from a single KVM station.
Mainframe
Large, monolithic computer system.
MIBs
Management Information Bases. SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data about
themselves in MIBs and return this data to the SNMP requesters.
Out-of-band network management
In a computer network, when the management data is accessed through a network that is
independent of the network used to carry data, this is called “out-of-band network manage-
ment.”
Off-line data buffering
This is a CAS feature that allows capture of console data even when there is no one con-
nected to the port.
Profile
Usage setup of the Advanced Secure Console Port Server: either as a Console Access Server
(CAS), a Terminal Server, or a Remote Access Server.
RADIUS
Protocol between an authentication server and an access server to authenticate users trying
to connect to the network.