Sun Microsystems X4150 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, local area network, Message Digest

Lightweight Directory

Access Protocol

(LDAP) A directory service protocol used for the storage, retrieval, and distribution of information, including user profiles, distribution lists, and configuration data. LDAP runs over Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and across multiple platforms.

Lightweight Directory

Access Protocol (LDAP)

server A software server that maintains an LDAP directory and service queries to the directory. The Sun Directory Services and the Netscape Directory Services are implementations of an LDAP server.

Linux Loader (LILO) A boot loader for Linux.

local area network

(LAN) A group of systems in close proximity that can communicate via connecting hardware and software. Ethernet is the most widely used LAN technology.

local host The processor or system on which a software application is running.

M

major event A system event that occurred that impairs service, but not seriously.

management information base

(MIB) A tree-like, hierarchical system for classifying information about resources in a network. The MIB defines the variables that the master Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent can access. The MIB provides access to the server’s network configuration, status, and statistics. Using SNMP, you can view this information from a network management station (NMS). By industry agreement, individual developers are assigned portions of the tree structure to which they may attach descriptions that are specific to their own devices.

man pages Online UNIX documentation.

media access control

(MAC) address Worldwide unique, 48-bit, hardware address number that is programmed into each local area network interface card (NIC) at the time of manufacture.

Message Digest 5

(MD5) A secure hashing function that converts an arbitrarily long data string into a short digest of data that is unique and of fixed size.

minor event A system event that occurred that does not currently impair service, but which needs correction before it becomes more severe.

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