Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA User Manual

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Glossary

GL-8

365-360-001R6.0

Issue 1, December 2008

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A transport protocol commonly used over a
network. The 8950 AAA application currently supports TCP/IP only.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT FILE PACKAGER

SMT tool for selecting and sending server files to the 8950 AAA technical support team

TELNET

Terminal emulation program that makes a computer behave like a specific type of terminal

THREAD

A program component that can run independently

TIMEOUT

Amount of time to wait before an action is taken

TIMEOUT LINGER

Additional time beyond the timeout period before an action is taken

TNS LISTENER

The TNS Listener is a persistent daemon process, run by Oracle that “listens” to the 8950 AAA
application for database commands and updates.

TOOLBAR

Row of buttons used for invoking commands to a GUI-based application

User Interface application. This application is responsible for providing each 8950 AAA Server
Management Tool user with a graphic interface to communicate with 8950 AAA.

UNIX

This is one of the Operating Systems that provides an environment to govern how resources are
used on the machine. Such resources include CPU, RAM memory, and secondary storage. UNIX
also supports the execution of user-level programs.

USER PROFILE

Information about a specific user used by the server for processing requests.

USER SOURCE

Location where user profiles are maintained, such as a file, database, or a directory

USS

Universal State Server—In-memory database optimized to track network resource usage

VERIFICATION ATTRIBUTES

Information that the server uses to determine how to respond to a RADIUS request (See CHECK-
ITEMS)