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service A background process on a Windows machine that is responsible for a
particular system task. Service processes do not need human intervention to
continue functioning.
SIE Server Instance Entry. The ID assigned to an instance of Directory Server
during installation.
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Simple Network Management Protocol See SNMP.
single-master replication The most basic replication scenario in which two
servers each hold a copy of the same read-write replicas to consumer servers. In a
single-master replication scenario, the supplier server maintains a change log.
SIR See supplier-initiated replication.
slapd LDAP Directory Server daemon or service that is responsible for most
functions of a directory except replication. See also ns-slapd.
SNMP Also Simple Network Management Protocol. Used to monitor and manage
application processes running on the servers by exchanging data about network
activity.
SNMP master agent Software that exchanges information between the various
subagents and the NMS.
SNMP subagent Software that gathers information about the managed device
and passes the information to the master agent. Also subagent.
SSL Also Secure Sockets Layer. A software library establishing a secure
connection between two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the
secure version of HTTP.
standard index index maintained by default.
sub suffix A branch underneath a root suffix.
subagent See SNMP subagent.
substring index Allows for efficient searching against substrings within entries.
Substring indexes are limited to a minimum of two characters for each entry.
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See SASL.