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remote monitoring (RMON)
A remote monitoring standard for Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based
management information bases (MIB). The
Internetwork Engineering Task Force (IETF)
proposed the RMON standard to provide
guidelines for remote monitoring of individual
LAN segments.
rendezvous point (RP)
The root of the shared tree. One RP exists
for each multicast group. The RP gathers
information about available multicast services
through the reception of control messages and
the distribution of multicast group information.
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) uses RPs.
request for comments (RFC)
A document series published by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) that describe
Internet standards.
requested shaping rate (RSR)
One of a set of ATM traffic characterization
values used to define traffic characteristics
through the traffic descriptor types.
resilient packet ring (RPR)
A shared packet edge ring connection, where
both paths around the ring carry traffic, that
allows double bandwidth on each ring.
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
A protocol that maintains a database of
mappings between physical hardware addresses
and IP addresses.
reverse path checking (RPC)
Prevents packet forwarding for incoming IP
packets with incorrect or forged (spoofed) IP
addresses.
reverse path forwarding (RPF)
Prevents a packet from forging its source IP
address. Typically, the system examines and
validates the source address of each packet.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Terminology
NN46205-102 01.01 Standard
30 May 2008
Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks
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