Using the HP DTC Manager/UX

MAU See Medium Attachment Unit.

medium attachment

unit (MAU)

A device attached to a ThickLAN coaxial cable that provides the physical and

electrical connection from the AUI cable to the coaxial cable.

MDP Modem Distribution Panel; a distribution panel that serves as the electrical and

physical interface between a DTC 16TN or a DTC 72MX MUX board

(asynchronous processor board), and up to eight asynchronous devices for direct or

modem connections. Also called ADP.

MIB Management information base. A database of information about a network node

which is used by the SNMP manager.

modem Modulator/demodulator. A device that modulates and demodulates signals.

Primarily used for modulating digital signals onto carriers for transmission and for

performing the inverse function at the receiving end. Modems are essential for

transmitting and receiving digital signals over telephone lines.

multicast A technique that allows copies of a single packet to be passed to a selected subset of

all possible destinations. Some hardware, for example Ethernet, supports multicast

by allowing a network interface to belong to one or more multicast groups.

Broadcast is a special form of multicast in which the subset of devices to receive a

copy of a packet consists of the entire set.

multiplexer (MUX) A device that allows multiple communication links to use a single channel.

network A group of computers connected so that they can exchange information and share

resources.

network address This can be either 1) the network portion of an IP address as opposed to the node

portion, or 2) when referring to X.25 networks, a node's X.25 address.

network directory A ﬁle containing information required for one node to communicate with other

nodes in 1) an internetwork, 2) an X.25 network, or 3) a network that contains non-

HP nodes.

network

management

The collective tasks required to design, install, conﬁgure, maintain, and if necessary,

change a network.