Luxul XMS-1024 - Manual (Page 40)

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Click “OK” to return to the “Local Area Connection Properties” dialog box.
Click “OK” to exit the setting window. Note: the address change will not take
place until you close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
GLOSSERY
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ARP (Address Resolution Protocol): Converts an Internet Protocol (IP)
address to its corresponding physical network address.
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Broadcast: The transmission of packets to all hosts in the network.
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Broadcast Storm: An infi nite loop of ARP requests, usually associated with a
physical wiring loop.
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MAC address (Media Access Control address): A unique identifi er assigned
to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment.
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Multicast: Transmission of packets to a host group within the network.
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QoS (Quality of Service): A suite of protocols and hardware management
that prioritizes data packets. Very useful in latency sensitive applications, i.e.
VoIP, Control Systems, Video, Streaming
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RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol): A protocol that helps to reduce
broadcast storms by managing multiple connections to the same destination.
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SNMP: (Simple Network Management Protocol): is an “Internet-standard
protocol for managing devices on IP networks.
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IGMP Snooping: Used to implement dynamic registration of L2 multicast
on the switch.
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TCP/IP: Named from two of the most important protocols in it: the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), which are
the fi rst two networking protocols defi ned in this standard.
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Unicast: Transmission of packets to a specifi c host in the network.
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Unknown Unicast (fl ood): The transmission of unicast packets with an
unknown destination MAC address (this does not occur under normal
network operation).
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VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network): used to establish secure autonomous
broadcast/multicast domains.