Agilent Technologies HSSI WanProbe J3916A - Manual (Page 166)

Glossary
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PPP (Point to Point Protocol)
HDLC derivative level 2 link protocol common in LAN to LAN connections.
Private MIB
A proprietary MIB that has variables which are used for probe configuration and
control options.
Probe
A device on the LAN that monitors all frames and produces network management
information including current and historical traffic statistics and snapshots of
selected frames. Probes are also known as monitors.
Protocol
A set of rules that governs data transfer among devices on a network. A protocol
identifies the handshake type, frame size and format, timing, error recovery
scheme, word size or other characteristics of each transfer, depending on the
system.
PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit)
A virtual circuit which is permanently maintained to reduce network overhead.
Ring
See Token-Ring.
RMON MIB (Remote Network Monitoring MIB)
The collection of objects defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC
1757, RFC 1213, RFC 1157, RFC 2021, RFC 2074, Token-Ring RMON
Extensions, and Agilent probe private MIB that are used for network monitoring.
S-frame
Supervisory frame (level 2) used to acknowledge or reject frames.
SAM (System Administration Manager)
A configuration tool provided by HP-UX for managing system resources and
changing configuration parameters.