Glossary
GL-4
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
I
ICMP

Internet

Control
Message
Protocol.

Network

layer

Internet
protocol

that

reports

errors

and

provides
other
information

relevant

to

IP

packet

processing.

Documented

in

RFC

792.
Internet
Control
Message
Protocol
See
ICMP .
interface
1.
A

network

connection.
2.
A

connection

between

two

systems

or

devices.
3.
In

telephony,

a

shared

boundary

defined

by

common

physical

interconnection

characteristics,

signal
characteristics,
and

meanings

of

interchanged

signals.
L
load
balancing
An
action

that

spreads

network

requests

among

available

servers

within

a

cluster

of

servers,

based

on
a
variety

of

al

gorithms.
M
MD5
Message
Digest

5

or

Message-Digest
Algorithm.
One
of

the
possible
encryption

algorithms

available
for
use

in

SNMP

communications.
MIB
Database
of

network

management

information

that

is
used
and
maintained
by

a

network

management
protocol,
such

as

SNMP

or

CMIP.

The

value

of

a

MIB

object

can

be

changed

or

retrieved

using

SNMP
or
CMIP

commands,

usually

through

a

GUI

network

management

system.

MIB

objects

are

organized
in
a

tree

structure

that

includes

public

(standard)

and

private

(proprietary)

branches.
N
NAT
Name
Address

Translation.

A

method

of

connecting

multiple

computers

to

the

Internet

(or

any

other

IP
network)
using

one

IP

address.
O
object
group
A
logical

grouping

of

similar

objects,

such

as

servers,

clients,

services,

or

networks.

Creating

an

object
group
allows

you

to

apply

common

attributes

to

a

number

of


objects

without

specifying

each

object
individually.
organizations
An
organization

allows

you
to
configure

AAA

server

lookup
for

your

users

or

set

up

users

who

work
for
a

ser

vice

provider

customer.

Organizations

i

n

the

Ci

sco

ANM

system

are

defined

by

the

system
administrator.