User`s guide

Acronyms
EtherXtend User’s Guide
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Acronyms
The following acronyms are related to the EtherXtend and will appear
throughout this manual:
Fixed Bold
Italic
Used in code examples for variable text typed by users.
Italic Used for book titles, chapter titles, file path names, notes in
body text requiring special attention, section titles,
emphasized terms, and variables.
PLAIN UPPER
CASE
Used for environment variables.
Command Syntax Brackets [ ] indicate optional syntax.
Vertical bar | indicates the OR symbol.
Acronym Description
AAL2 ATM Adaption Layer 2
BAN Zhone Broadband Access Node
CAS Channel Associated Signaling
CID AAL2 Channel Identifier
CLI Command Line Interface
CO Central Office
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
dB Decibel
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSS1 Digital Subscriber Signaling System number 1
EFM Ethernet First Mile
ELCP Emulated Loop Control Protocol
G.SHDSL Global Symmetrical High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDSL2 High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line, second generation
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ISDN BRI Integrated Services Digital Network Basic Rate Interface
Kbps kilobits per second