API

Application Progamming Interface

CIM

Common Information Model

APM

Application Performance Measurement

CLNS

Connexion-Less Network Service

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

CMIP

Common Management Information Protocol

ASN

Abstract Syntax Notation

CONS

Connexion Oriented Network Service

BER

Basic Encoding Rules

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

DMTF

Distributed Management Task Force

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

DNS

Domain Name System

PTOPO

Physical Topology

DoD

Department of Defense

QoS

Quality of Service

DS

Digital Signal

RFC

Request For Comments

EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol

RMON

Remote Monitoring

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

SHA

Secure Hash Standard

GDMO

Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects

SLA

Service Level Agreement

HMAC

keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code

SLM

Service Level Management

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

SMI

Structure of Management Information

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

SMON

Switched RMON

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

SNA

Systems Network Architecture

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

IP

Internet Protocol

TCP

Transport Control Protocol

IPX

Internet Protocol eXtension

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

TNM

Telecommunications Network Management

LAPB

Link Access Procedure Balanced

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

MAC

Media Access Control

VACM

View-based Access Control Model

MAU

Medium Attachment Unit

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

MD5

Message-Digest Algorithm

WBEM

Web Based Enterprise Management

MIB

Management Information Base

WMI

Windows Management Interface

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

NMVT

Network Management Vector Transport

XMP

X/Open Management Protocols API

OID

Object Identifier

PC

Personal Computer

PC

Personal Computer