User`s guide

Glossary
GL-6
6700-A2-GY31-70
July 1999
One of ten codes indicating the current device status. The ten Operational States are Idle,
Ring Indicate, Answering, Talk Mode, Off-Hook, Dialing, Remote Ringing, Online, Dial
Backup, and Dial Standby.
An alarm indicating that one or more of the analog parameter thresholds has been
exceeded. The probable cause is poor line conditions or improper threshold settings.
Thresholds may be set through NMS commands.
An 8-character field (case-sensitive) used during login procedures. You can only display
your own password unless you have User Profile privileges.
A local test causing the device to transmit and monitor for the BERT test pattern. This test
disrupts the transmission of primary data.
Protocol Data Unit. A message containing protocol-specific information.
Contains NMS telephone numbers that you want to record.
A device’s internal telephone number listing.
A list containing the network management addresses of downstream modems.
The continuous process by which NMS solicits network information network.
The label that designates the PC serial port (COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4) that NMS
uses to connect the PC to the network devices.
A field displayed in the Selection Browser. The Primary Category field allows you to select
the highest tier of device groupings that you want to include in your device selection. By
selecting a Primary Category, you select all device groupings in that tier and below. The
following list is the hierarchy of device groupings from highest to lowest in the NMS
system: sites, cabinets, carriers, models, device groups and devices. Other device
groupings (local devices and remote devices) are on the same hierarchy level as devices.
A condition indicating that the remote device is being used for diagnostic testing. Since
diagnostic testing uses the primary data channel, the device cannot transmit or receive
data while in this state. Diagnostic testing can be started from either the device’s front
panel or from an NMS command.
The person to call at the device’s location.
The SNMP proxy agent can monitor and control nodes that are not directly manageable.
Public Switched Telephone Network. A network shared among many users who can use
telephones to establish connections between two points. Also known as dial network.
A device configured within NMS that is not directly connected to the PC where NMS is
installed (see Local Device).
A request from the local device to the remote device to perform a remote digital loopback.
This test connects the remote digital receiver output back into the transmitter input. This
test disrupts the transmission of primary data.
One of a local device’s operational states that indicates the remote device is receiving a
request to establish a connection.
An initialization of the device that occurs at power-up or in response to a reset command.
Request for Comments. One of the documents published by the Internet Engineering Task
Force that describe Internet protocols and policies.
A local loopback test and a pattern test performed on a local device you specify. The
self-test is disruptive and will disconnect the local device from a remote device. The
remote device remains disconnected from the local device after the self-test.
operational state
out of threshold
password
pattern test
PDU
phone book
phone directory
poll list
polling
port name
primary category
primary channel
interrupted
primary contact
proxy agent
PSTN
remote device
remote digital
loopback test
remote ringing
reset
RFC
ring indicate