Glossary
SNMP community
SNMP community
storage area network
subnet mask
switch priority
universal port module
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Also known as SNMP community string. SNMP community is a
cluster of managed products (in SNMP terminology, hosts) to which
the server or managed product running the SNMP agent belongs.
The name assigned to a given SNMP community. Queries from an
name
SNMP management station to a device running an SNMP agent will
only elicit a response if those queries are addressed with the correct
SNMP community name.
A high-performance data communications environment that
interconnects computing and storage resources so that the resources
can be effectively shared and consolidated.
Used by a computer to determine whether another computer with
which it needs to communicate is located on a local or remote
network. The network mask depends upon the class of networks to
which the computer is connecting. The mask indicates which digits to
look at in a longer network address and allows the router to avoid
handling the entire address.
Value configured into each switch in a fabric that determines its
relative likelihood of becoming the fabric's principal switch.
T
topology
The logical, physical, or both arrangement of stations on a network.
trap
The unsolicited notification of an event originating from a SNMP
managed device and directed to an SNMP network management
station.
U
UPM
See universal port module.
A flexible 1 gigabit-per-second or 2 gigabit-per-second module that
contains four generic ports (G_Ports).
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