SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

Glossary
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end-to-end services
requests from SNMP manager stations) and NETWORK (the TCP/IP process that
handles request/response messages).
end-to-end services. Services that move octets from one system to another.
entry. A row in a MIB table.
event. A significant change in some condition in the system or network. Events can be
operational errors, notifications of limits exceeded, requests for action needed, and so
on.
Event Management Service. A collection of processes, tools, and interfaces that provide
event-message collection and distribution on NonStop systems.
Exterior Gateway Protocol. A reachability protocol used by gateways in a two-level
internet.
filter. An EMS object that distributors can be configured to use to select events to route.
filterManagement group. A table of entries in the ONS MIB used to inhibit traps for an
entire subsystem or for a particular event. The filterManagement group table contains
one entry for each subsystem with which Open Notification Service is working (for
example, NNM, OMS, and TMF).
flow control. A mechanism of the Open Notification Service subsystem that is implemented
to prevent the sending of unwanted subsystem data to the network management
platform (NMP).