Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4200 - Manual (Page 185)

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the server’s network configuration, status, and statistics. Using SNMP, you can
view this information from a network management station (NMS). By industry
agreement, individual developers are assigned portions of the tree structure to
which they may attach descriptions that are specific to their own devices.
man pages Online UNIX documentation.
media access control
(MAC) address Worldwide unique, 48-bit, hardware address number that is programmed in to
each local area network interface card (NIC) at the time of manufacture.
Message Digest 5
(MD5) A secure hashing function that converts an arbitrarily long data string into a
short digest of data that is unique and of fixed size.
Minor event A system event that occurred that does not currently impair service, but which
needs correction before it becomes more severe.
N
namespace In the tree structure of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
directory, a set of unique names from which an object name is derived and
understood. For example, files are named within the file namespace and
printers are named within the printer namespace.
Network File System
(NFS) A protocol that enables disparate hardware configurations to function together
transparently.
Network Information
Service (NIS) A system of programs and data files that UNIX systems use to collect, collate,
and share specific information about machines, users, file systems, and
network parameters throughout a network of computer systems.
network interface card
(NIC) An internal circuit board or card that connects a workstation or server to a
networked device.
network management
station (NMS) A powerful workstation with one or more network management applications
installed. The NMS is used to remotely manage a network.
network mask A number used by software to separate the local subnet address from the rest
of a given Internet Protocol (IP) address.