A |
|
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 |
|
Bulk TCP polling |
LoriotPro plug-in that
performs massive TCP port connections and triggers alarm on status (Bulk
TCP polling documentation)
|
Bulk threshold control |
LoriotPro plug-in that
performs massive SNMP requests on MIB objects and triggers
alarm on threshold values. (Bulk
threshold contro
documentation)
|
C |
|
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 |
|
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
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Graph |
a visual representation of data |
H |
|
HTML |
HyperText Transfert Protocol. |
I |
|
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 |
|
|
J
|
|
|
|
K
|
|
|
|
L
|
|
Logging |
Action of creating log and log files |
Log |
List and/or trace of past events, alarms, errors .... |
M
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
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
|
|
Octet |
An octet represents any eight bit quantity |
P |
|
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 |
|
|
Q
|
|
Query |
Terminology used to perform a request on a Database or on a SNMP agent |
R
|
|
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 |
|
|
S
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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. |
V
|
|
VDSL |
Very High data rate Digital Subscriber Line |
W
|
|
Wifi |
Wireless Fidelity |
WWW |
World Wide Web |
X |
|
XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
Y
|
|
|
|
Z
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|