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Glossary
directed trap destination. In a SNMP agent configuration, a trap destination to which the
SNMP agent directs traps only if explicitly told to do so by the subagent. See also trap
destination and broadcast trap destination.
DEFINE name. A component of the routing destination statement in the routing distributor
filter source code that identifies the SNMP agent to which the EMS Trap Subagent
routes trap messages.
Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager. A tool for the
centralized planning, management, and installation of software on distributed (target)
HP systems. DSM/SCM runs on a customer's central system and performs the tasks of
receiving, archiving, configuring, and packaging software for the customer target sites.
It also runs on each target system, where its primary function is to activate the software
received from the central site.
distributor. A process, defined by EMS, responsible for sending event messages to
applications, files, printers, or remote nodes.
DSM/SCM. See Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager.
dotted-decimal notation. The standard external representation of an Internet address
comprising the ASCII value of each of the four octets, separated by periods (for
instance, 133.50.85.43). Each octet value is a number in the range 0 to 255 inclusive,
expressed either in decimal with no prefix or in hexadecimal preceded by the
characters 0X (with X in either uppercase or lowercase letters). For example, two other
valid ways to express this example address are all hexadecimal
(0x85.0x32.0x55.0x2b), and a combination of decimal (ASCII) and hexadecimal
(133.0X32.85.0X2B). See also Internet address.
empconfigure group. A collection of scalar objects in the ONS MIB that is used by HP
problem management products.
EMS. See Event Management Service.
EMSMIBA. The name of the file containing the ASN.1 source code for the EMS Trap MIB.
EMSPROC. A system-level NonStop NET/MASTER MS NCL procedure that intercepts and
processes messages from EMS.
EMS Trap MIB. The MIB used by the EMS Trap Subagent and the NonStop NET/MASTER
Trap Subagent. It contains objects that characterize individual events.
EMS Trap Subagent. The SNMP subagent that translates EMS events into SNMP traps
whose objects are defined in the EMS Trap MIB.
ENDPOINT object. The SNMP agent configuration object that describes an interface for
request/response messages. The object has two attributes: HOSTADDR (the Internet
address of the TCP/IP subnet address through which the SNMP agent listens for
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