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| Accounting Management |
All tasks parfomed for getting accounting data of network and system utilization,
defined by the FCAPS standard |
| Alarm monitoring |
Management with pro-active notification of
network administrator |
| Application availability monitoring |
Check that software application are accessible to end users |
| Availability Monitoring |
Monitor the availability of
network and system resources |
| Availability monitoring |
Check that network resources are up and accessible |
| B |
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| Bulk TCP polling |
LoriotPro plug-in that
performs massive TCP port connections and triggers alarm on status (Bulk
TCP polling documentation)
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| Bulk threshold control |
LoriotPro plug-in that
performs massive SNMP requests on MIB objects and triggers
alarm on threshold values. (Bulk
threshold contro
documentation)
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| C |
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| Cisco Config Surveyor |
Loriotpro software that check the configuration of a Cisco router |
| Configuration Management |
All tasks performed during the configuration of hardware and software,
defined in the FCAPS standard |
| D |
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| Dashboard |
Graphical user interface that provides synthetic view with gauges and
counter of traffic and load |
| Database monitoring |
Repetitive process that check the availability and the utilization of
a database and notify the administrator of any default. |
| E
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| Environmental monitoring |
Permanent checking of environmental conditions, temperature, humidity,
pressure, access control and physical intrusion, power supply, smoke detection,
water level .... |
| Event |
A change or a fault in the wetawork that need to be notify to somebody |
| Event Filtering |
A
filter allows to trigger action when receiving a particular event |
| Event monitoring |
Checking permanently for new events occurrence and displaying it |
| F |
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| Fault management |
Detect and diagnostic network or system faults, defined by the FCAPS standard |
| FCAPS |
Acronym for Fault Management, Configuration Management, Accounting
Management, Performance Management, Security Management (FCAPS
documentation) |
| Free Radius Server |
Luteus Freeware that provides the radius server fonctionnality (download
free
radius server ) |
| G |
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| Graph |
a visual representation of data |
| H |
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| HTML |
HyperText Transfert Protocol. |
| I |
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| Information system |
all the ressources that provide access and storing of information, hardware
and software. |
| Inform |
in SNMP V2 to support manager to manager services, the InformRequest provides
a mechanism for the exchange of MIB information |
| infrastructure map |
Visual representation of the infrastructure of an information system created
with Active View |
| IP path discover |
Discovering the path used by IP packet for traveling in a routed network |
| IP traffic monitoring |
Analyze and classify the Internet protocol Trafic |
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| Logging |
Action of creating log and log files |
| Log |
List and/or trace of past events, alarms, errors .... |
| M
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| Map |
Visual representation of a logical network layer or a physical network
topology |
| MIB |
Management Information Base are Description of of SNMP objects |
| MIB Browser |
Display the MIB objects in a hierarchical tree allowing easy navigation |
| MIB compiler |
Tools that allow to add MIB file to a MIB database (MIB
compiler
documentation) |
| MIB walk |
Requesting an SNMP agent for a MIB tree branch (SNMP
Walker documentation) |
| Monitor |
Device that performs monitoring |
| Monitoring |
Repetitive process that check the availability of a hardware or software
piece |
| MRTG |
Multi Router Traffic Grapher - concept and program used by trend view |
| N |
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| Netflow Collector Service |
LoriotPro Module (Plug-in) that collect messages from Netflow Cisco agent |
| Network administration |
All tasks that are performed for keeping Networks and Servers in a
working and performing state |
| Network administrator |
The person in charge of the network administration |
| Network discover |
Process that is use to automatically discover the devices that are
connected to a Networks |
| Network Downtime |
Period of network unavailability |
| Network interface monitoring |
Sate monitoring and perfomance graph of network interface |
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| Network maps |
Visual representation of a logical network layer or a physical network
topology |
| network topology map |
Graphical representation of the nodes and the connections of a data network |
| Notification |
Message sent by agent in SNMP v2 that replace the common Trap in SNMP
V1 |
| O
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| Octet |
An octet represents any eight bit quantity |
| P |
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| Performance management |
Monitor network and system reponse time and usage utilization, defined
in the FCAPS standard |
| Performance Monitoring |
Monitor Network usage by displaying graph over time period |
| Poller |
A
process that performs the polling (repetitive queries to IP host and SNMP
agent) |
| Polling |
Repetitive
task that checks a SNMP value or the availability of a network or system
resource |
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| Q
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| Query |
Terminology used to perform a request on a Database or on a SNMP agent |
| R
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| Radius |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) is a client/server
protocol and software that enables remote access servers to communicate
with a central server to authenticate dial-in users and authorize their
access to the requested system or service (download
free radius server) |
| Remote Authentication |
Mechanism that uses a remote and centralize credential database, common
protocol are the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)and
the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) |
| Remote WEB network management |
Management that is perfomed from a remote compatible WEB browser |
| Router |
Hardware or software entity that transfer data packets between two networks |
| Routing troubleshooting |
Tasks that help the administrateur to diagnostics a faulty router |
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| S
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| Scanner (IP Scanner) |
Process that walks a range of IP addresses and perform analysis |
| Security Management |
All tasks performed for guarantying the security of data and availability
of key resources, defined in the FCAPS standard |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SNMP object |
A single management entity define in a MIB |
| SNMP console |
Graphical user Interface of the management software |
| SNMP management |
All tasks that are used to manage a network with SNMP protocol |
| snmp manager |
The SNMP compliant software used to collect SNMP information against SNMP
agents |
| SNMP monitoring |
Checking availability and performance with SNMP protocol |
| SNMP V1 |
Version 1 of the SNMP protocol |
| SNMP v3 |
Version 3 of the SNMP protocol |
| SNMP variable threshold |
Threshold set on a SNMP variable
that can trigger an action |
| SNMP Walker |
LoriotPro plug-in that
discover what MIB objects and mib files are supported by a SNMP agent (SNMP
Walker
documentation). Also called MIB walk or MIB walker |
| Spanning Tree monitor |
LoriotPro plug-in that
monitor the spanning tree algorithm behavior of ethernet switches
(Spanning
Tree Monitor documentation)
|
| Spanning Tree switch |
Switch that works with the spanning tree protocol |
| Syslog agent |
A process that send syslog message to a syslog server |
| Syslog collector |
Luteus product that collect Syslog
message from any source (Syslog server)
(Syslog collector
documentation) |
| Syslog Daemon |
Unix process performing the syslog server also called syslogd |
| syslog facility |
Field of the syslog packet specifying the type of the source process (kernel,
mail, system ...) |
| Syslog level |
A number identifying the severity of the syslog message |
| Syslog message |
The message send in the Syslog packet |
| Syslog server |
Network server process that listens for incoming syslog packets (defined
by RFC3164 ) |
| System administrator |
The personn in charge of the administration of systems and servers |
| T
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| TCP port monitoring |
Check availability of application by openning a TCP connection to the
well know ports |
| Trace Route program |
LoriotPro plug-in that
discovers
the router along the path of an IP packet, measure Round Trip Time (Trace
Route
documentation)
|
| Trap |
Name given to SNMP packet sent by SNMP agent to alert the manager of a
change or a fault |
| Trap monitoring |
Check for incoming trap, display and alert |
| Trap simulator |
LoriotPro plug-in that
generates spoofed and forged trap for testing purpose
(Trap
simulator documentation) |
| Trend graph |
graph resource utilization over long periods of time |
| Trend View |
LoriotPro plug-in that
displays utilization trends based on the MRTG concept
and code (Trend
View documentation) |
| U
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| UDP |
UDP - User Datagram Protocol , documented in RFC 768, provides users access
to IP-like services. UDP packets are delivered just like IP packets - connection-less
datagrams
that may be discarded before reaching their targets. SNMP protocol uses the
UDP port 161 and 162 by default. |
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| VDSL |
Very High data rate Digital Subscriber Line |
| W
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| Wifi |
Wireless Fidelity |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| X |
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| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
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