Cyclades 2.3.0, ACS48 user manual Smtp, Snmp

	Glossary
Server Farm	A collection of servers running in the same location (see
	Cluster).
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Specifies the format of
	messages that an SMTP client on one computer can use to
	send electronic mail to an SMTP server on another computer.
SNMP	Short for Simple Network Management Protocol, a set of
	protocols for managing complex networks. The first versions
	of SNMP were developed in the early 80s. SNMP works by
	sending messages, called protocol data units (PDUs), to
	different parts of a network.
	SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data about
	themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and
	return this data to the SNMP requesters.
	(Source: Webopedia)
SNMP Traps	Notifications or Event Reports are occurrences of Events in a
	Managed system, sent to a list of managers configured to
	receive Events for that managed system. These Event
	Reports are called Traps in SNMP. The Traps provide the
	value of one or more instances of management information.
	Any SNMP enabled Device generates Fault Reports (Traps)
	that are defined in the MIB (which the SNMP Agent has
	implemented).
	The Trap Definition vary with the SNMP Version (which
	defines the messaging format), but the information contained
	in these are essentially identical. The major difference
	between the two message formats is in identifying the events.
Stop Bit	A bit which signals the end of a unit of transmission on a
	serial line.A stop bit may be transmitted after the end of each
	byte or character.
Subnet Mask	A bit mask used to select bits from an Internet address for
	subnet addressing. Also known as Address Mask.

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