Avaya C460 - Manual (Page 265)

Glossary
Avaya C460 Reference Guide 253
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol. SLIP is the standard protocol for point-to-point serial
connections, using a variation of TCP/IP.
SMON
Switch Monitoring, Avaya’s proprietary switch monitoring technology. SMON
extends the RMON standard to provide additional tools and features for monitoring
in the switch environment. SMON enables a global view of traffic for all switches on
the network, an overall view of traffic passing through a specific switch, detailed
data of the hosts transmitting packets or cells through a switch, an analysis of traffic
passing through each port connected to a switch, and a view of traffic between
various hosts connected to a switch.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Used to send E-mail messages between servers. Also
used to send messages from a mail client to a mail server.
SNAP
SubNetwork Access Protocol. Internet protocol that operates between a network
entity in the subnetwork and a network entity in the end system. SNAP specifies a
standard method of encapsulating IP datagrams and ARP messages on IEEE
networks.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for communications between
remote network management stations (like a management umbrella console) and
managed network elements (such as Avaya Inc.’s devices). The management
umbrella uses SNMP for network management and can manage all SNMP devices.
Socket
An addressable entity within a node connected to an AppleTalk network. Sockets
are owned by software processes known as socket clients. An AppleTalk socket is
similar in concept to a TCP/IP port.
Spanning Tree Protocol
Refer to STA on page 253.
STA
Spanning Tree Algorithm. The algorithm used by the Spanning Tree Protocol to
create a spanning tree. The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a bridge protocol that
uses the STA to enable a learning bridge to dynamically work around loops in a
network topology by creating a spanning tree. Bridges exchange BPDU messages
with other bridges to detect loops, and then remove the loops by shutting down