User's Manual

Glossary-1
Glossary
ace.out
afn.exe
an.exe
Router software image containing executable files used to boot FN, LN, ALN,
AFN with diskette, and CN routers.
Router software image containing executable files used to boot an AFN router.
Router software image containing executable files used to boot an AN or ANH
router.
asn.exe
bn.exe
booting
Router software image containing executable files used to boot an ASN router.
Router software image containing executable files used to boot a BN router.
The process in which a device obtains information and begins to process it to
attain a state of normal operation.
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol, a TCP/IP network protocol that lets network nodes request
startup and configuration information from a BOOTP server node.
config
Network configuration file containing proprietary protocol services code.
Directed Netboot
Bay Networks procedure for getting router startup files from a TFTP server on
the IP network.
DLCMI
DOS
Data Link Control Management Interface. Specification for the use of Frame
Relay products that defines a method of exchanging status information between
devices.
The primary disk operating system used by IBM and compatible personal
computers.
driver
dynamic
A hardware device or program that controls or regulates another device.
The ability of a display or view to change as a result of ongoing network activity.
Ethernet
Type of network cabling and signaling that operates at the data link layer of the
OSI model.