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iSR6200 Router Manager
User’s Guide

Glossary-4

ISR654602-00 H

FRU

Field replaceable unit. Component that
can be replaced in the field upon failure.

G_Port

Generic port. A port that can operate as
either an E_Port or an F_Port. A G_Port
can determine operating mode at switch
port initialization, F_Port when an N_Port
attachment is determined, E_Port when an
E_Port attachment is determined. See

E_Port

,

F_Port

,

FL_Port

,

L_Port

,

N_Port

,

NL_Port

.

generic port

See

G_Port

.

graphical user interface

See

GUI

.

GUI

Graphical user interface. A user interface
that is based upon icons and visual
relationships rather than text.

heartbeat LED

A chassis LED that indicates the router
status.

hot replaceable

Also known as hot swappable; it means
you can add new devices or remove
existing ones when the system is running.

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
(IANA) is responsible for the global coordi-
nation of the DNS root, IP addressing, and
other Internet protocol resources.

initiator

System component, such as a network
interface card, that originates an I/O
operation.

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

See

IANA

.

Internet Protocol

See

IP

.

Internet small computer system interface

See

iSCSI

.

IOCTL

Input/output control. A system call in Unix
and Linux systems that allows an applica-
tion to control or communicate with a
device driver outside usual read/write
operations.

IP

Internet Protocol. A method by which data
are sent from one computer to another
over the Internet. IP specifies the format of
packets, also called datagrams, and the
addressing scheme.

iSCSI

Internet small computer system interface.
Protocol that encapsulates data into IP
packets to send over Ethernet connec-
tions.

iSNS

Internet simple name service is used for
discovery and management of IP-based
SANs.

jumbo frames

Large

IP

frames used in high-performance

networks to increase performance over
long distances. Jumbo frames generally
means 9,000 bytes for Gigabit

Ethernet

,

but can refer to anything over the IP

MTU

,

which is 1,500 bytes on an Ethernet.