SMC Networks TigerSwitch SMC6948L2, Management Manual

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Glossary-1
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LOSSARY
Bandwidth Utilization
The percentage of packets received over time as compared to
overall bandwidth.
BOOTP
Boot protocol used to load the operating system for devices
connected to the network.
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
Defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order
to register necessary VLAN members on ports along the Spanning
Tree so that VLANs defined in each switch can work automatically
over a Spanning Tree network.
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches
to register and propagate multicast group membership information
in a switched environment such that multicast data frames are
propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing
registered endstations. (Formerly called Group Address
Registration Protocol.)
Group Address Registration Protocol
See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Commonly used to send echo messages (i.e., Ping) for monitoring
purposes.