Glossary
GL-2
Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.30, Part Number 78-12907-01 Rev. E0, May 2005
allowed cell rate
decrease factor
See
ADTF.
alternate mark
inversion
See
AMI.
alternate routing
An automatic rerouting of a failed connection by a node to a new route through the network to maintain
service.
AMI
alternate mark inversion.
The line code used for T1 and E1 lines where the “1s” or “marks” on the line alternate between positive
polarity and negative polarity.
arbiter
A BPX administration processor that polls each network port to control the data flow in and out of the
crosspoint switch matrix.
ARI
alarm relay interface card.
An alarm interface back card for the IGX switches.
ARM
alarm relay module.
An alarm front card for the IGX switch.
ASM
alarm/status monitor cards.
An alarm front card and back card set for the BPX switch.
asynchronous
transfer mode
See
ATM.
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode.
Data transmission that uses a very flexible method of carrying information, including voice, data,
multimedia, and video between devices on a local or wide area network using 53-byte cells on virtual
circuits. The 53 byte cell consists of data and a small header.
See also
cell relay.
ATM Edge LSR
A label switching router that is connected to the ATM-LSR cloud through LC-ATM interfaces. The
ATM edge LSR adds labels to unlabeled packets and strips labels from labeled packets.
ATM-LSR
An ATM-LSR is a MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) router in which packets are forwarded by
switching cells rather than frames, and all packet interfaces are MPLS (Label) Controller-ATM
interfaces.
A label switching router with a number of LC-ATM interfaces. The router forwards the cells from these
interfaces using labels carried in the VPI and/or VCI field.
ATM Switched
Virtual Circuit
See
ATM SVC.
ATM SVC
ATM Switched Virtual Circuit.
A member of the INS product family that uses ATM SVC Server Shelves and software to enhance a
Cisco WAN switching network with ATM switched virtual circuits.
ATM SVC Server
Shelf
An adjunct processor used in the INS ATM SVC application to enhance traditional Cisco WAN
switching networks with ATM switched virtual circuits. The ATM SVC Server Shelf is colocated with
and connected to a BPX switch.
Summary of Contents for BPX 8650
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