NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual - Edition 8 (36922-90038)

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Glossary
NS 3000/iX Network Services
Software applications that can be
used to access data, initiate
processes, and exchange
information among nodes in a
network. The services are RPM,
VT, RFA, RDBA, and NFT.
NS Point-to-Point 3000/iX
Link Hardware and software
necessary to create networks in
which data is transmitted from
node to node over a defined route
until it reaches it destination.
This technique is referred to as
store and forward. Systems in a
point-to-point network are
connected by means of leased or
dial-up telephone lines. HP 3000
systems attach to the
point-to-point network via
HP 3000 Programmable Serial
Interface (PSI) cards that fit into
the back of each system’s SPU.
NSDIR.NET.SYS Name of the
active network directory file. See
also network directory.
O
octet An eight-bit byte operated
upon as an entity.
OpenView HP OpenView
Windows is HP’s network
management environment. It
provides the basic services for
accessing and managing
networks used by the DTC
Manager, and other applications,
such as Switch/PAD Manager,
Hub Manager, etc.
OpenView Admin An
OpenViewWindowsprogram that
enables you to configure how your
OpenView Windows applications
will function. For example, it
enables you to set a default map
for the OpenView DTC Manager.
OpenView Draw An OpenView
windows program that is used to
draw the network map and to
label the components on it.
OpenView DTC Manager An
OpenView Windows application
that enables you to configure,
control, monitor, and troubleshoot
the operation of the
datacommunications terminal
subsystems on the LAN.
OpenView Run An OpenView
windows program that covers
most of the control features used
by the DTC Manager, including
monitoring and diagnostic
functions.
OpenView Windows The set of
three programs: OV Admin,
OV Draw and OV Run, running
on the OpenView workstation
under MS Windows, that acts as
the platform for all OpenView
applications, such as DTC
Manager.
OpenView Windows
Workstation The personal
computer that provides software
downloads to enable operation of
the Datacommunications and
Terminal Controller (DTC). The
configuration software that runs