Quintum Technologies Tenor Call Relay 60 - Manual (Page 57)

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GLOSSARY
A
Alarm. A brief message that appears on your worksta-
tion when the Call Relay 60 unit encounters a prob-
lem (i.e., failed interface).
Alarm Manager. Reports alarms according to criteria
such as IP address, alarm’s severity level, date/time,
etc. It is accessible via Telnet session.
B
Bandwidth Management. Controls the amount of band-
width available to use for VoIP calls.
Border Element. Provides access into or out of an admin-
istrative domain. The Tenor unit has two types of
Border Elements: Primary and Secondary.
C
Call Relay. A stand-alone unit which acts as an inter-do-
main VoIP portal used to directly connect (over IP)
one or more VoIP networks, supporting up to 64 si-
multaneous calls between networks.
CDR. Call Detail Recording. A string of data which con-
tains call information such as call date and time, call
length, calling party and called party.
CDR Server. The server (or workstation) responsible for
receiving and processing CDRs as they are generat-
ed.
CLI. Command Line Interface. A Telnet-based (also ac-
cessible via serial port) management system which
enables you to configure and monitor any Tenor Call
Relay unit. For specific information about CLI com-
mands, see the CLI user guide you received on the
Quintum CD ROM.
D
DB-9. A standarized connector with 9-pins used to con-
nect the Tenor unit to a PC’s RS-232 console port.
E
Ethernet. A very common method of networking com-
puters in a LAN. The Tenor has a 10/100 Base-T eth-
ernet port.
Extranet. Communications with a source outside your
company.
G
Gatekeeper.An H.323 system which provides call con-
trol and administrative services in H.323 endpoints.
Gateway. A device (i.e., Tenor VoIP MultiPath Switch)
which connects IP packet-based networks and cir-
cuit-switched networks.
H
H.323. A protocol standard for sending multimedia com-
munications (i.e., voice/data) simultaneously over
packet-based networks, such as IP.
I
Internet. A packet based network which transports voice/
video/data over TCP/IP.
Intranet communication. Communication within the
same company, usually through an Ethernet Hub.
IP Address. A unique 32 bit address that identifies a net-
work device is connected to the network via TCP/IP.
L
LAN. Local Area Network. A data communications ar-
rangement which links computers together at the site
to share files, printer, etc., using a local network de-
sign, typically Ethernet.
LED.Displays the health of the unit via individual lights
that appear on the front panel. LEDs appear on the
front of the unit.
N
NATAccess. Enables VoIP networks with multiple
H.323 endpoints to operate behind firewalls
equipped with Network Address Translation (NAT).
P
PacketSaver. A feature which reduces the amount of IP
bandwidth required to support multiple calls flowing
between two networks.
S
SNMP. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
is the standard protocol used to exchange network in-
formation between different types of networks.
Subnet Mask. An IP address that determines how an IP
address is divided into network and host portions ac-
cording to the bits.