User`s manual

ASIC
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit; a chip designed for a particular
application. ASICs are commonly used in networking devices to maximize
performance with minimum cost
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. A dynamic method of discovering the MAC address
of a device on the network. A device sends an ARP request out with the IP
address of the machine it is looking for. The machine with that IP address
answers, sending its MAC address to the requester.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Network technology capable of transmitting data,
voice, video, and frame-relay traffic in real time
Auto-Discovery
Process by which a network device automatically searches through a range of
network addresses and discovers all known types of devices present in that
range
Auto-Negotiating
Two-part process by which a network device automatically senses the speed and
duplex capability of another device
Auto-Sensing
Process during which a network device automatically senses the speed of
another device
Backbone
Interconnection in a LAN or WAN between subnetworks or workgroups. The
high-speed connection to lower speed subnets; for example, a Gigabit Ethernet
backbone connected to Fast Ethernet subnets.
Backplane
Bus or switching matrix that resides within a switch or hub chassis; all traffic
through such a device crosses the backplane at least once
Back Pressure
A flow control method the Switch uses to notify end stations to stop transmitting
until its buffers are emptied.
Bandwidth
Amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time; usually
expressed in bits-per-second or bytes-per-second
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol. A static approach to allocating IP addresses. One machine
on the network acts as an address server so that as devices are added to the
network, they automatically request and receive an IP address from the BOOTP
server. BOOTP is the predecessor to DHCP.
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