List of terms
PM
performance monitoring
SAM
System Administration Manager
S/DMS
Synchronous/Digital Multiplexing System
SOC
span of control
SONET
a standard for optical transport formulated by the Exchange Carriers Standards Association (ESCA) for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The standard defines optical carrier (OC) levels and their electrically equivalent synchronous transport signals (STS).
span
all network elements under the control of a single operations controller (OPC) | 6 |
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STS-1
synchronous transport signal level 1 (SONET, 51.84 Mbit/s)
subnetwork
a graphical collection of objects organized into groups to represent the network elements monitored by INM Broadband.
system
network elements associated with the same payload
Bellcore standard for SONET BLSR Equipment Criteria,
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UDLC
Universal Digital Loop Carrier
UI
user interface
Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999