Glossary - 3Com Traffix Transcend Traffix Manager User Manual

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agent A standalone or embedded source of RMON-1 or RMON-2 data.
aggregation The process of adding the data from multiple devices in the same
domain, and representing those devices as a simple "aggregated"
device. Used to limit database growth.
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application As used in Traffix Manager, this is a grouping of related RMON-2
defined protocols. It provides the user with a more recognizable and
convenient way of selecting protocols.
application layer Layer seven, the uppermost part of the OSI Reference Model. This layer
contains the user and application programs.
ARP Address Resolution Protocol. ARP is a TCP/IP Interior Gateway Protocol
for dynamically mapping Internet addresses to physical hardware
addresses on LANs. It is limited to LANs that support hardware
broadcast.
attribute A label for a piece of information about devices: for example, the
location of a device, or its IP address. Traffix Manager is supplied with a
number of predefined attributes, and you can add your own. See
Chapter 4, "Grouping Network Devices in the Map" for more
information about attributes.
backbone The part of a network used as the primary path for transporting traffic
between network segments.
bandwidth Information capacity, measured in bits per second, that a channel can
transmit. The bandwidth of Ethernet is 10 Mbps, the bandwidth of Fast
Ethernet is 100 Mbps and the bandwidth of Gigabit Ethernet is
1000Mbps. FDDI bandwidth is 100 Mbps. Token Ring bandwidth is 4 or
16 Mbps.