Interlogix NS3502-8P-2S User Manual User Manual
Page 562
IFS NS3502-8P-2S User Manual
562
is an acronym for Remote Defect Indication. It is afunctionallity that is used by ato indicate defect detected to the remote peer MEP
Router Port
A router port is a port on the Ethernet switch that leads switch towards the Layer 3 multicast
device.
RSTP
In 1998, the IEEE with document 802.1w introduced an evolution of STP: the Rapid Spanning
Tree Protocol, which provides for faster spanning tree convergence after a topology change.
Standard IEEE 802.1D-2004 now incorporates RSTP and obsoletes STP, while at the same time
being backwards-compatible with STP.
S
SAMBA
Samba is a program running under UNIX-like operating systems that provides seamless
integration between UNIX and Microsoft Windows machines. Samba acts as file and print
servers for Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2, and other SMB client machines. Samba uses the
Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and Common Internet File System (CIFS), which is the
underlying protocol used in Microsoft Windows networking.
Samba can be installed on a variety of operating system platforms, including Linux, most
common Unix platforms, OpenVMS, and IBM OS/2.
Samba can also register itself with the master browser on the network so that it would appear
in the listing of hosts in Microsoft Windows "Neighborhood Network".
SHA
SHA is an acronym for Secure Hash Algorithm. It designed by the National Security Agency (NSA)
and published by the NIST as a U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard. Hash algorithms
compute a fixed-length digital representation (known as a message digest) of an input data
sequence (the message) of any length.
Shaper
A shaper can limit the bandwidth of transmitted frames. It is located after the ingress queues.
SMTP
SMTP is an acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is a text-based protocol that uses the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and provides a mail service modeled on the FTP file
transfer service. SMTP transfers mail messages between systems and notifications regarding
incoming mail.
SNAP