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Chapter 11

M

MAC address

(Medium Access Control address)

See Ethernet address.

master node

The node that coordinates all the cluster membership information. The primary instance of Reliable NFS and the Reliable Boot Service run on the master node. There is only one master node in a cluster.

See also node and vice-master node.

master-eligible node

A peer node that can be elected as the master node or the vice-master node. In the Foundation Services, master-eligible nodes are always diskfull.

See also master-ineligible node.

master-ineligible node

A node that cannot perform the role of master node or vice-master node. In the Foundation Services, master-ineligible nodes are always diskless or dataless.

See also master-eligible node.

MBean

(management bean)

A Java interface that conforms to design patterns that expose attributes and operations to the Node Management Agent (NMA). These attributes and operations enable the NMA to recognize and manage the MBean.

MBeans are defined by the JMX™ specification. For more information, go to http://java.sun.com.

MIB

(Management Information Base)

monitored daemons

Daemons that are monitored by the Daemon Monitor.

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