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Glossary
managed product
Hardware product that can be managed with the HAFM application. For example, the
Director 2/64 and the Edge Switch 2/32 are managed products. See also device.
Management Information Base
(MIB) — Related set of software objects (variables) containing information about a managed
device and accessed via SNMP from a network management station.
Management Services application
Software application that provides back-end product-independent services to the HAFM
application. Management Services runs only on the HAFM server and cannot be downloaded to
remote workstations.
management session
A management session exists when a user logs on to the HAFM server. The HAFM application
can support multiple concurrent management sessions. The user must specify the network
address of the HAFM server at logon time.
MAP
See maintenance analysis
Media Access Control address
(MAC) — Hardware address of a node (device) connected to a network.
MIB
See Management Information
multicast
Delivery of a single transmission to multiple destination N_Ports. Can be one-to-many or
many-to-many. All members of the group are identified by one IP address. See also broadcast.
multiswitch fabric
Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one director or switching device within a
fabric.
name server
Program that translates names from one form into another. For example, the domain name
server (DNS) translates domain names into IP addresses.
name server zoning
N_Port access management that allows N_Ports to communicate if and only if they belong to a
common name server zone.
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