Panasonic 1200N manual Nms, Nml, Nni

N Glossary

NMS

Network Management System: The system responsible for managing a portion of a network. The NMS talks to network management agents, which reside in the managed nodes, via a network management protocol. The NMS is the entity that implements functions at the Network Management Layer. It may also include Element Management Layer functions. A Network Management System may manage one or more other Network Management Systems.

NML

Network Management Layer: An abstraction of the functions provided by systems which manage network elements on a collective basis, so as to monitor and control the network end-to-end.

NMS

Network Management System: An entity that implements functions at the Network

Management Layer. It may also include Element Management Layer functions. A

Network Management System may manage one or more other Network

Management Systems.

NMS Environment

A set of NMS which cooperate to manage one or more subnetworks.

NNI

Network Node Interface: An interface between ATM switches defined as the interface between two network nodes.

Nodal Attribute

A nodal state parameter that is considered individually to determine whether a given node is acceptable and/or desirable for carrying a given connection.

Nodal Constraint

A restriction on the use of nodes for path selection for a specific connection.

Nodal Metric

A nodal parameter that requires the values of the parameter for all nodes along a given path to be combined to determine whether the path is acceptable and/or desirable for carrying a given connection.

Nodal State Parameter

Information that captures an aspect or property of a node.

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