Switch User's Manual

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Packet Capture Tool (PCAP)
A data packet capture tool that captures ingress
and egress (E-modules only) packets on
selected I/O ports. You can analyze captured
packets for troubleshooting purposes.
packet loss
Expressed as a percentage of packets dropped
over a specified interval. Keep packet loss to a
minimum to deliver effective IP telephony and IP
video services.
Packet over SONET (PoS)
A technology that carries IP packets directly
over Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) for
metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area
networks (WAN) without a data-link facility.
packet transmission opportunities (PTO)
Used to assign weights to the eight egress
queues. The switch assigns additional PTOs
to high priority queues so time sensitive
transmissions forward with minimum latency.
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
A procedure used by Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) servers to validate a connection request.
The PAP is the simplest method of enabling
security on PPP links. During link establishment,
the peer (caller) sends its peer ID and password
to the authenticator. If the ID and password
match the values stored by the Authenticator, the
connection proceeds.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Terminology
NN46205-102 01.01 Standard
30 May 2008
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