User guide

Glossary
DC 900-1333Q 221
service user An entity that uses server resources by interfacing to a service
provider. Service users can be tasks that reside on the server and
access the service providers directly or they can be processes, or
clients, which reside on other machines and access the service
providers across the network.
SMSP Server management service provider
SNMP Simple network management protocol
task “Task” is used to differentiate between code executing on
Freeway’s server processor board or the ICP, and code executing
on a LAN host, which is referred to as a “process”.
TCP Transmission control protocol, described in RFC-793
TCP/IP Transmission control protocol/internet protocol
Transpor t Subsystem
Interface
See DLI/TSI
TSI See DLI/TSI
UDP User datagram protocol, described in RFC-768
WA N Wide area network
WAN interface
processor
A board containing hardware, and possibly software, used to
offer a particular communication protocol service. For
instance, Protogate’s ICP2432B is a WAN interface processor
board that supports serial communication protocols such as
X.25.