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Reading the OID controllers
Select the controller glyph with the right button on the mouse and select Quick Dum /xxx-MIB
and then one of the MIB groups. A box will be displayed, showing the frame display of the
group.
Setting the OID controllers :
Select the controller glyph with the right button on the mouse. Now, select Set Request / xxx-
MIB /<OID name>.
Application Set Tool will be displayed. Click on Get button to enter the actual values. Select a
new value by clicking on New Value and then by clicking on the Set button. To browse the
changed values, click again on the Get button. For more detailed information about SNM, see
SunNet Manager User`s Guide.
III. 2. Glossary of technical terms
In this glossary are found the technical terms concerning the NETMAN 101/102
Network Adapter and brief definitions of these terms.
Agent - an SNMP application in network elements (hosts). These protocol applications are
responsible for conducting the network controlling functions required by the network manager
from the NMS.
Boot P Server - (Boot Protocol) - host language providing services for Boot Protocol. This
enables the hosts, that do not know their IP address, to learn the address form the net.
Ethernet - a local computer network technology created by Xerox Corporation.
Flash EPROM - (Erasable Programmable read-only Memory) - a memory chip in which the
stored data can be changed by program and the data remain stored even after electricity
outage.
Gateway - a computer connected to several nets and directory packets between them. The
packets can be of various higher-level protocols.
IP - Internet Protocol - a standard TCP/IP protocol defining an IP datagram as a unit of
information passing through the network.
IP address - a 32-bit address given to TCP/IP network users. It is assigned for connecting the
host to the network. IP address consists of a net part and a host part.