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

340 Glossary
Glossary
shared-line access The feature
that allows two or more HP 3000
Series 900 hosts to use the same
DTC/X.25 Network Access card
on a DTC to access an X.25
network.
SIC Serial Interface Card. A card
installed in the front of the DTC
that acts as an interface between
a corresponding Connector Card
(CC) and the DTC’s processor.
slaved device A device that
shares the same DTC port as
another device and is connected,
to the other device, referred to as
its master, by a cable. The actions
of the slaved device are controlled
by the master device.
SNMP Simple Network
Management Protocol. An
industry standard for managing
networked computers in a
multi-vendor environment.
SNMP agent A network node,
such as a DTC, that is able to
respond to SNMP requests.
SNMP manager A network
management platform that is
running software which allows it
to manage SNMP nodes.
SNP Synchronous Network
Processor card; an alternative
name for an X.25 board.
spooled device A printer that is
accessed through the spooling
facility. The spooling facility
allows a nonsharable device to be
shared among several users by
temporarily storing output data
on disk and managing the
selection of output spool files
destined for the spooled device.
start bit A data bit used to signal
the start of a character being
transmitted in an asynchronous
communication mode.
station address A link-level
address used by the IEEE 802.3
protocol that is assigned to every
node on an IEEE 802.3 network.
stop bit A data bit used to signal
the end of a character being
transmitted in an asynchronous
communication mode.
store-and-forward A technique
in which messages are passed
from one node to another in a
network to reach their
destination. Point-to-point
networks use the
store-and-forward technique to
transmit messages.
subnet Another name for a
network, especially ifthe network
is part of an internetwork. The
word subnet is also a synonym for
intranet.
subnet mask Grouping of bits
that determines which bits of the
IP address will be used to define a
subnetwork. The subnet mask is
configured using the NMMGR
utility and specified in the same
format as an IP address.
SVC Switched Virtual Circuit.
The path through an X.25
network that isestablished at call
set-up time.