IPX/SPX Programming Manual

Glossary
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IXF
IXF. See Information Xchange Facility (IXF).
LAN (local area network). Any physical network technology that operates at high speed
(usually tens of megabits per second through several gigabits per second) over short
distances (up to a few thousand meters).
LAN Print Spooler for NetWare. A HP print process that delivers print spooler jobs to
NetWare print queues.
LIF. See logical interface (LIF).
Level 2. A reference to link-level communication (for example, frame formats) or link-level
connections derived from the ISO 7-layer reference model. For long-haul networks,
level 2 refers to the communication between a host computer and a network packet
switch (for example, HDLC/LAPB). For local area networks (LANs), level 2 refers to
physical packet transmission. Thus, a level 2 address is a physical hardware address.
Level 3. A reference to network level communication derived from the ISO 7-layer
reference model. For the Internet, level 3 refers to the IP and IP datagram formats.
Thus, a level 3 address is an Internet address.
LIF. LLC (Logical Link Control). An IEEE 802.2 standard for the data link layer of the OSI
Reference Model that defines both connection-oriented and connectionless standards
over LAN networks.
local area network. See LAN.
Logical Interface (LIF). The interface that allows an application or another process to
communicate with data communications hardware.
Logical Link Control (LLC). An IEEE 802.2 standard for the Data Link Layer of the OSI
Reference Model that defines both connection-oriented and connectionless standards
over LAN networks.
MAC address. (Media Access Control Address) A 12-digit hexadecimal number. Each
TLAM controller is assigned a unique MAC address, which is burned into its PROM as
part of the manufacturing process. HP, like other manufacturers of IEEE 802.3
controllers, is licensed to use a dedicated range of MAC addresses. That way, each
controller is guaranteed a unique address. For G-series RVUs: a MAC address is a
value in the Medium Access Control sublayer of the IEEE/ISO/ANSI LAN architecture,
that uniquely identifies an individual station that implements a single point of physical
attachment to a LAN.
management process. In DSM, a HP process through which an application issues
commands to a subsystem. A management process can be part of a subsystem, or it
can be associated with more than one subsystem; in the latter case, the management
process is logically part of each of the subsystems. SCP is the management process
for all HP data communications subsystems that support DSM. See also subsystem.