TNAS Terminology

TNAS -- TotalNET Administration Suite, a task-oriented graphic administration and configuration interface for TotalNET product administration, licensing, and system administration. TNAS includes the TotalAdmin sphere for administering TAS.

icon -- A graphical representation of an object or process. This manual describes the function of each clickable icon.

button -- A control that executes an action or changes an attribute or feature.

sphere -- A collection of menus that allows you to perform a logical set of system administration tasks. You can add or delete these "plug-in" or "snap-in" spheres on the host server.

sphere icon -- An icon in the sphere frame to open a menu in the menu frame for configuration and administration of the sphere it represents.

TNAS session -- A way for TNAS to identify users and manage their activities separately. A session starts when a user logs in and ends when it expires or the user logs out.

TotalAdmin -- The TAS administration sphere of TNAS, also called the TotalAdmin sphere. It comes bundled with TAS.

TotalAdmin menu frame -- The menu for TAS configuration. It appears when you click the TAS icon in the sphere frame.

TotalNET system manager -- The daemon that performs general management of the TotalNET system.