Panasonic NN46240-501 - Manual (Page 223)

A Glossary
Nortel Secure Router 8000 Series
Configuration Guide - Basic Configuration
C
CLI
Congestion avoidance
Congestion management
Command line level
Command line interface. An interface that allows the user to interact with the
operating system. Users can configure and manage the Secure Router 8000
Series by entering commands through the CLI.
A flow control mechanism that is used to relieve network overload by adjusting
the network traffic. When congestion occurs and becomes worse, the packet is
discarded according to the monitoring results of network resources.
A flow control measure to solve the problem of network resource competition.
When network congestion occurs, this process puts the packet into the queue
for buffer and determines the order of packet forwarding.
The priority of the system command, divided into four levels. Users of a level
can run commands only of the same or lower level.
E
Ethernet
Ethernet_II
Ethernet SNAP
A baseband LAN specification created by Xerox and developed by Xerox,
Intel, and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). This specification is similar
to IEEE802.3.
An encapsulation format of the Ethernet frame. Ethernet_II that contains a
16-bit protocol type field is the standard ARPA Ethernet Version 2.0
encapsulation.
An encapsulation format of the Ethernet frame. The frame format complies
with RFC 1042 and enables the transmission of the Ethernet frame on IEEE
802.2 media.
F
FIFO
File system
FTP
First In First Out. A queuing scheme in which the first data into the network is
also the first data out of the network.
A way in which files and directories in the storage devices are managed (for
example, creating a file system; creating, deleting, modifying, and renaming a
file or directory; or displaying the contents of the file).
File Transfer Protocol. An application protocol in the TCP/IP stack, used for
transferring files between remote hosts. FTP is implemented based on the file
system.
H
HGMPv2 Huawei Group Management Protocol Version 2. A protocol in which the
discovery, topology collection, centralized management, and remote
maintenance are implemented on Layer 2 devices of a cluster that are
connected with the router.
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