CITYLIGHT FIBRE CHANNEL CARD
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APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
GIGABIT
DATA TRANSFER AT 1062 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
LAN
LOCAL AREA NETWORK.
LED
LIGHT EMITTING DIODE.
MIB
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE. THIS IS A TEXT DESCRIPTION
OF A MANAGED DEVICE WRITTEN IN ABSTRACT SYNTAX
NOTATION 1 (ASN1) THAT IS USED WITH SNMP MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS.
MULTIMODE
AN OPTICAL FIBER IN WHICH LIGHT PROPAGATES DOWN THE
FIBER IN MULTIPLE MODES.
PSU
POWER SUPPLY UNIT.
RX
RECEIVE.
SINGLE-MODE
AN OPTICAL FIBER IN WHICH LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE MODE WHICH
DOES NOT INTRODUCE MODAL DISPERSION. CONSEQUENTLY
SINGLE-MODE FIBER MAY HAVE GREATER DISTANCE CAPABILITY
THAN MULTIMODE.
SNMP
SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL.
TX
TRANSMIT.
