A machine users can use to remotely manage a network. A managed device is anything that runs SNMP such as hosts, routers, and Netscape servers. An NMS is usually a powerful workstation with one or more network management applications installed.
In the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), a station that executes management application programs that monitor and control network elements.
A station or server running SNMP manager software.
The Network Management Station (NMS) is the one that executes network management applications (NMA) that monitor and control network elements (NE) such as hosts, gateways and terminal servers. These network elements use a management agent (MA) to perform the network management functions requested by the network management stations.