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OSI/FTAM Responder Manual—425199-001
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management interface. An interface available to the system manager for use in
configuring, monitoring, and controlling subsystems and relationships between
subsystems.
Manager process. A Compaq subsystem process with which the Subsystem Control
Point (SCP) management process communicates to control a particular subsystem. The
APLMGR process is the manager process for Compaq FTAM; the OSI manager process
is the manager process for OSI/AS; and the TSP process is the manager process for
OSI/TS.
maximum-string-length parameter. An optional parameter of contents-type that
indicates the maximum number of octets (excluding escape-sequence octets) that can be
transmitted in a character string during the data-transfer regime. See also contents-type
parameter.
MFM (module file management) procedures. A set of procedure calls, used with
Compaq FTAM and Compaq OSI/AS, that allow you to complete I/O operations
performed in nowait mode and to cancel a nowait operation. The names of the MFM
procedures begin with the letters MFM. The MFM procedures are defined in the
EXTDECS0 and CEXTDECS files. These procedures are part of the FTAM API. See
also API.
MIB (Management Information Base). (1) A database used by the OSI manager
process to store and retrieve configuration information and information about
applications. (2) A database used by APLMGR to store and retrieve FTAM
configuration information.
module file management procedures. See MFM procedures.
named values. DDL variables that specify values or sets of values that can be assigned
to FTAM procedure parameters or parameter fields.
National Institute of Science and Technology. See NIST.
NBS (National Bureau of Standards). Former name of the National Institute of
Science and Technology (NIST). See NIST.
NBS-9. A file that is a read-only directory as defined by the NIST FTAM Phase 2
agreements. See also document types.
negotiation. The act of defining parameter values to be used on an FTAM association.
For example, in the initialize request (the FTM_INITIALIZE_REQ_ procedure call
when using the FTAM API), you propose a list of the attribute groups (storage and/or
security) that you want to be available for the association, using the attrib-groups
parameter. The responder inspects the attributes you propose and may reduce the list to
what it can support; it cannot add to the list you propose. When attribute groups have
been negotiated, you can use the attributes from those groups along with the associated
protocol.
Network Layer. Layer 3 in the OSI Reference Model. This layer routes data by
establishing, maintaining, and terminating communication between systems. It sets up a
path, both physical and logical, between communicating systems; routes messages
through intervening systems to their destination; and controls the flow of messages
between systems.