managed object
A standard value which the SNMP agent can access and send to the NMS. Each managed
object is identified with an official name and a numeric identifier expressed in dot-notation.
managed role
Allows creation of an explicit enumerated list of members.
management information base
See MIB.
mapping tree
A data structure that associates the names of suffixes (subtrees) with databases.
master
See supplier.
master agent
See SNMP master agent.
mat ching rule
Provides guidelines for how the server compares strings during a search operation. In an
international search, the matching rule tells the server what collation order and operator to use.
MD5
A message digest algorithm by RSA Data Security, Inc., which can be used to produce a short
digest of data that is unique with high probability and is mathematically extremely hard to
produce; a piece of data that will produce the same message digest.
MD5 signature
A message digest produced by the MD5 algorithm.
MIB
Management Information Base. All data, or any portion thereof, associated with the SNMP
network. We can think of the MIB as a database which contains the definitions of all SNMP
managed objects. T he MIB has a tree-like hierarchy, where the top level contains the most
general information about the network and lower levels deal with specific, separate network
areas.
MIB namespace
Management Information Base namespace. T he means for directory data to be named and
referenced. Also called the directory tree.
monetary format
Specifies the monetary symbol used by specific region, whether the symbol goes before or after
its value, and how monetary units are represented.
mult i-mast er replication
An advanced replication scenario in which two servers each hold a copy of the same read-write
replica. Each server maintains a changelog for the replica. Modifications made on one server
are automatically replicated to the other server. In case of conflict, a time stamp is used to
determine which server holds the most recent version.
mult iplexor
