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Glossary
service. IP includes the ICMP control and error message protocol as
an integral part.
IP Address A unique string of numbers that identifies a device on a network. The
address consists of four groups (quadrants) of numbers delimited by
periods. (This is called dotted decimal notation.) All resources on the
network must have an IP address. A valid IP address is in the form
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, where each nnn is a decimal in the range 0 to 255.
IPL Initial Program Load, initiated through a menu option in the ED-1032
Product Manager. This performs the same function as an IML, but
resets the active CTP only. It does not affect the backup CTP card if it
is installed.
L
Laser A device that produces optical radiation using a population inversion
to provide light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
and (generally) an optical resonant cavity to provide positive
feedback. Laser radiation can be highly coherent temporally, spatially,
or both.
LED Light-Emitting Diode.
M
MAC Address Media Access Control Address, the hardware address of a device
connected to a shared network.
Maintenance Port RS-232 connector on the ED-1032 operator panel where a PC running
an ASCII terminal emulator can be attached or dial-up connection
made for specialized maintenance support.
Managed Product A hardware product that can be managed using the Connectrix
Product Manager. For example, the ED-1032 is a managed product.
Management Session Exists when a user logs on to the Connectrix Management software
and successfully connects to the product server. The user must
specify the network address of the product server at logon time.
Media Access Control See MAC.
Megabyte (MB) A unit of measure for storage size, loosely one million bytes. One
megabyte actually equals 1,048,576 bytes.