VitalQIP Product Description
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PRODUCT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Four education courses are currently available for VitalQIP.
DNS Technical Training - In depth course on DNS technology (3 days).
DHCP Technical Training - In depth course covering DHCP technology (2 days).
VitalQIP System Administration - In-depth course on VitalQIP operation and administration (5
days).
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FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS
The VitalQIP organization within Alcatel-Lucent has a customer accessible web site, where requests
for enhancements (RFEs) can be entered. Product management periodically reviews the outstanding
RFEs and assigns a disposition regarding release planned or rejection of the request. The VitalQIP
roadmap is updated monthly and is available internally at http://insolutions.web.Alcatel-
Lucent.com/go/roadmap/access.shtml
APPENDIX I: ACRONYM GLOSSARY
API
Application Programming Interface
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers, one of three IP network
address assignment authorities
BootP
Bootstrap Protocol, a precursor to DHCP
CLI
Command Line Interface
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS
Domain Name System
EMS
Element Management System
GSS-TSIG
Generic Security Specification - Transaction Signature
GUI
Graphical User Interface
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IP
Internet Protocol
MAC
Media Access Control; MAC address is the data link layer (layer 2)
address, typically an Ethernet address in an enterprise network.
NIS
Network Information System, a Sun developed precursor to DNS.
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First, a common routing protocol
RAS
Remote Access Server, e.g., for dial-up Internet or corporate access
