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PMP 450 Planning Guide Glossary
Term Definition
Network Address
Translation
Scheme that defines the Access Point Module as a proxy server to isolate registered
Subscriber Modules from the Internet. Defined in RFC 1631. See
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1631.html
.
Network
Management
Station
See NMS.
NMS Network Management Station. A monitor device that uses Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) to control, gather, and report information about
predefined network variables (objects). See also Simple Network Management
Protocol.
Object Network variable that is defined in the Management Information Base.
outdiscards count
Field
How many outbound packets were discarded without errors that would have
prevented their transmission. (Some of these packets may have been discarded to
increase buffer space.)
outerrrors count
Field
How many outbound packets contained errors that prevented their transmission.
outnucastpkts
count Field
How many packets for which the higher-level protocols requested transmission to a
non-unicast (subnetwork-broadcast or subnetwork-multicast) address. The number
includes those that were discarded or not sent.
outoctets count
Field
How many octets were transmitted out of the interface, including those that deliver
framing information.
outucastpkts count
Field
How many packets for which the higher-level protocols requested transmission to a
subnetwork-unicast address. The number includes those that were discarded or not
sent.
Override Plug Device that enables the operator to regain control of a module that has been locked
by the No Remote Access feature, the 802.3 Link Disable feature, or a password or
IP address that cannot be recalled. This device can be either fabricated on site or
ordered.
PMP See Point-to-Multipoint Protocol.
Point-to-
Multipoint
Protocol
Defined in RFC 2178, which specifies that data that originates from a central
network element can be received by all other network elements, but data that
originates from a non-central network element can be received by only the central
network element. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2178.html
. Also referenced as
PMP.
PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. Supported on SMs for
operators who use PPPoE in other parts of their network
operators who want to deploy PPPoE to realize per-subscriber authentication,
metrics, and usage control.
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pmp-0047 (March 2014)