EMM-E6 Ethernet User's Guide

Dedicated to Fault-Tolerance
EMM-E6 User’s Guide GL-5
Dedicated Assigned to one purpose or function.
Default
Gateway
the IP address of the network or host to which all packets
addressed to unknown network or host are sent
Device
(network)
Any discrete electronic item connected to a network which
either transmits and receives information through it,
facilitates that transmission and reception, or monitors the
operation of the network directly.
DLM Distributed LAN Monitor. DLM is a feature of some
SNMP management devices which allows that device to
locally monitor other devices under its control and report
to a central network management station any noted errors.
This frees the network management station from directly
monitoring every SNMP device.
DNI Desktop Network Interface. DNI cards are devices which
are added to workstations to provide them with a
connection to a network (NIC).
EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Encryption A security process which encodes raw data into a form that
cannot be utilized or read without decryption.
EPIM Ethernet Port Interface Module. EPIMs are added to
specifically-designed slots in Cabletron Ethernet products
to provide connections to external media. EPIMs allow a
great flexibility in the media used to connect to networks.
Ethernet A networking architecture which allows any station on
the network to transmit at any time, provided it has
checked the network for existing traffic, waited for the
network to be free, and checked to ensure the transmission
did not suffer a collision with another transmission.See
also CSMA/CD.
Fault-
Tolerance
The ability of a design (device or network) to operate at
full or reduced capacity after suffering a failure of some
essential component or connection. See also redundant.
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