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Glossary
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Glossary-7
Root command hierarchy
A hierarchy of commands used to monitor the performance of your
M11, display and reset M11 statistics, and issue administrative
commands to restart M11 functions through the command line
interface.
router
A system responsible for making decisions about which of several
routes the network traffic will follow.
routing table
A table in a router according to which the routing decisions are made. It
contains addresses of other routers and the distance (number of hops)
to those routers.
serial console connection
Serial connection behind the hatch in the front panel of M11. It is used
for configuring M11 locally.
socket
In TCP applications socket specifies the TCP service access point
defined by the source and destination ports.
static routing
Static routing maintains information of the routes to destination
networks that are stable over time or to networks that must always be
available, even if a link is not currently open. Static routes must be
configured manually into the routing table.
subnet mask
A bit mask used to select bits from an Internet address for subnet
addressing. The mask is 32 bits long and selects the network portion of
the Internet address and one or more bits of the local portion.