Lucent Technologies PortMaster - Manual (Page 311)

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abort error
An error indicating an attempted and failed connection.
acceptance policy
A set of rules that determine the path and route information the PortMaster accepts from
a BGP peer for further processing. See also policy.
address
A number used to identify a computer or other device on a network or internetwork. See
also IP address; MAC address.
address resolution
A method for translating one type of address into another—for example, an IP address
into a media access control (MAC) address.
Address Resolution Protocol
See ARP.
adjacency
A relationship between two routers on the same physical network or between the
endpoints of a virtual link that controls the distribution of routing protocol packets by
limiting their exchange to those routers or endpoints.
advertisement policy
A set of rules that determine the path and route information the PortMaster advertises to
a BGP peer. See also policy.
agent
A software program installed in a managed network device. An agent stores management
information and responds to the manager’s request for this information.