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Glossary

management interface. An interface available to the system manager for use in configuring, monitoring, and controlling subsystems and relationships between subsystems.

Manager process. A Compaq subsystem process with which the Subsystem Control Point (SCP) management process communicates to control a particular subsystem. The APLMGR process is the manager process for Compaq FTAM; the OSI manager process is the manager process for OSI/AS; and the TSP process is the manager process for OSI/TS.

maximum-string-length parameter. An optional parameter of contents-typethat indicates the maximum number of octets (excluding escape-sequence octets) that can be transmitted in a character string during the data-transfer regime. See also contents-type parameter.

MFM (module file management) procedures. A set of procedure calls, used with Compaq FTAM and Compaq OSI/AS, that allow you to complete I/O operations performed in nowait mode and to cancel a nowait operation. The names of the MFM procedures begin with the letters MFM. The MFM procedures are defined in the EXTDECS0 and CEXTDECS files. These procedures are part of the FTAM API. See also API.

MIB (Management Information Base). (1) A database used by the OSI manager process to store and retrieve configuration information and information about applications. (2) A database used by APLMGR to store and retrieve FTAM configuration information.

module file management procedures. See MFM procedures.

named values. DDL variables that specify values or sets of values that can be assigned to FTAM procedure parameters or parameter fields.

National Institute of Science and Technology. See NIST.

NBS (National Bureau of Standards). Former name of the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). See NIST.

NBS-9.A file that is a read-only directory as defined by the NIST FTAM Phase 2 agreements. See also document types.

negotiation. The act of defining parameter values to be used on an FTAM association. For example, in the initialize request (the FTM_INITIALIZE_REQ_ procedure call when using the FTAM API), you propose a list of the attribute groups (storage and/or security) that you want to be available for the association, using the attrib-groupsparameter. The responder inspects the attributes you propose and may reduce the list to what it can support; it cannot add to the list you propose. When attribute groups have been negotiated, you can use the attributes from those groups along with the associated protocol.

Network Layer. Layer 3 in the OSI Reference Model. This layer routes data by establishing, maintaining, and terminating communication between systems. It sets up a path, both physical and logical, between communicating systems; routes messages through intervening systems to their destination; and controls the flow of messages between systems.

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