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.

SSH

Secure Shell. A protocol which permits secure remote access over

 

a network from one computer to another. SSH negotiates and

 

establishes an encrypted connection between an SSH client and

 

an SSH server.

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