| Term |
Definition |
| Agent |
Agent in this lesson may be defined as: a role that is assumed by a system that is being managed. Counterpart to a manager role. Another definition is: it is a software entity that implements a management interface that allows a system or a device to be managed by a management application. A management server (Clemm 2007). |
| Application management |
The management of applications that are deployed on systems that are interconnected over a network (Clemm 2007). |
| MIB |
Management Information Base. A conceptual data store, provided by a management agent, containing the management information of a managed entity (Clemm 2007). |
| MIB module |
A MIB definition, typically for a particular network technology feature, that constitutes a sub-tree in an object identifier tree. A MIB that is provided by a management agent is typically composed of multiple instantiated MIB modules (Clemm 2007). |
| OID |
Object identifier is an identifier of a managed object or of a definition of a piece of management information in an SNMP MIB (Clemm 2007). |
| Provisioning |
Provisioning is concerned with configuring resources in the network to support a given service. For example, this might include setting up the network so that a new customer can receive voice service (Clemm 2007). |