GLOSSARY |
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TERM | DEFINITION |
Management Information Base
MAU
ME
Media Access Control (MAC)
MIB
MIM
MOM
Management Information Base. A description of the data stored in a Network Element similar to a C structure. A MIB definition allows the EDACS Network Manager to read and write values in a Network Element.
Multistation Access Unit. A transceiver for LAN connections.
Management Element. An EDACS platform that configures EDACS NEs. Examples of MEs are CEC/IMC Manager, EDACS 4 Radio Programmer, EDACS Network Manager, System Manager, PI terminal, EDG terminal, etc.
A protocol governing a station’s access to a network.
See Management Information Base.
MASTR II/III Interface Module − The MIM connects an EDACS radio system to the CEC/IMC switch. EDACS radio systems include EDACS sites, simulcast systems, voted systems, CNI and SCAT systems.
MOnitor Module − The MOM is a CEC/IMC interface module that provides serial data connections for the CEC/IMC Manager (MOM PC) and the System Manager computers.
MOM PC | (see CEC/IMC Manager) |
Multiple Access Unit (MAU) | For a Token Ring, a concentrator used to connect multiple stations to the ring. |
multisite | A multisite is a network of multiple EDACS radio systems and possibly |
| conventional radio systems all linked together for |
| a multisite network, adjacent systems do not use the same radio frequencies. |
| Each system networked may have a different number of working channels. |
Native Proxy | Proxy that communicates with its agents via SNMP. |
NE | Network Element. An EDACS platform that provides links in the EDACS |
| network for either digital voice, analog voice, data, or control information. IT |
| IS NOT A PLATFORM USED TO CONFIGURE EDACS NEs. Examples of |
| NEs are IMC, GETC, Site Controllers, PIs, etc. |
Network Address | The |
Network Manager | The EDACS Network Manager is a UNIX workstation or server that provides |
| EDACS administrators with a consistent, integrated view of the alarm status of |
| their EDACS network. |
Network Number
NIM
A network is a logical association of IMC, StarGate, CEC, and Remote CEC nodes. The Network Number identifies the nodes for which the traffic will be monitored by the Multisite Monitor.
Network Interface Module − Two or more IMC networks can be linked together for distributed multisite communications using a NIM at each IMC switch.
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