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LOSSARY
VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier — A 16-bit value in the
ATM cell header that provides a unique identifier for
the virtual channel (VC) that carries that particular
cell.
Virtual Channel
See
VC
.
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network — A group of location
and topology independent devices that communicate
as if they are on the same physical LAN.
VLT
Virtual LAN Trunk — A connection which carries
traffic for more than one VLAN. A port which is part
of a VLT connection may be a member of all VLANs.
VP
Virtual Path — Describes a set of virtual channels
(VCs) between switches, grouped together.
VPC
Virtual Path Connection — A concatenation of VP
links.
VPCI/VCI
Virtual Path Connection Identifier/Virtual Channel
Identifier — A combination of two numbers, one for
identifying the VP and one for the VCI.
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier — An 8-bit value in the cell
header that identifies the connection to which the cell
belongs.
Summary of Contents for OPTIONS ATM OC-3c
Page 1: ...8271 Nways Ethernet LAN Switch ATM OC 3c Module User s Guide...
Page 6: ......
Page 10: ...4 ABOUT THIS GUIDE...
Page 23: ...Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Layer 2 11 Figure 2 7 Switching Cells using VPI and VCI values...
Page 28: ...2 16 CHAPTER 2 NETWORK LAYER CONCEPTS...
Page 31: ...Extending VLANs into the ATM Network 3 3 Figure 3 3 Extending VLANs into the ATM Network...
Page 32: ...3 4 CHAPTER 3 VIRTUAL LAN CONCEPTS...
Page 39: ...Campus Configuration 5 3 Figure 5 2 Campus and Cost Sensitive Network...
Page 50: ...7 2 CHAPTER 7 ACCESSING MANAGEMENT FEATURES Figure 7 1 Screen Map...
Page 80: ...9 14 CHAPTER 9 MONITORING THE ATM MODULE...
Page 87: ...Safety Notices A 7 IEC 950 SELV SELV...
Page 88: ...A 8 APPENDIX A SAFETY INFORMATION...
Page 90: ...B 2 APPENDIX B SCREEN ACCESS RIGHTS...
Page 94: ...C 4 APPENDIX C ATM MODULE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...
Page 98: ...D 4 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING Figure D 1 Troubleshooting Flow Diagram...
Page 120: ...E 2 APPENDIX E TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND SERVICE...
Page 136: ...2 BIBLIOGRAPHY...
Page 140: ...4 INDEX...