User`s manual

Learning Constraint
Policies that an administrator sets in the Switch's management system to limit or
override the Switch's ability to automatically learn addresses and update address
tables
Line Rate
See wire speed
Local Traffic
Packets that are sent and received on the Switch's ports; traffic that is not
forwarded by a router.
MAC
Media Access Control. Layer 2 of the OSI model; the data link layer responsible
for scheduling, transmitting and receiving data on a local area network.
MAC Address
Media Access Control address; the unique physical address of each device's
network interface card
Master
Any device that controls another device; controlled devices are called slaves
Mbps
Millions of bits per second
MIB
Management Information Base. A database that the Switch maintains of
information available to network management systems; for example, traffic
statistics and port settings.
Multicast
A packet or transmission destined for more than one location; a limited form of
broadcast
Multi-Layer
A term sometimes used to describe a switch that performs functions above Layer
2, such as a switch that routes at Layer 3, supports Quality of Service at Layer 4
and application switching at Layer 7
Non-Blocking
A switch's ability to forward packets on all ports simultaneously
Out-of-Band
Transmission of control information outside the bandwidth frequencies that
transfer a network's data
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