M
MAC
Media Access Control
MANUAL
The default mode of port configuration. Can be performed by using SMH (preferred) or by
editing two configuration files.
MIB
Management Information Base
N
network adapter
A network device which has one or more network physical ports.
network physical
port
The communications channel formed when you attach a network cable between a specific
network port (adapter card) and a LAN device.
P
PAgP
See Port Aggregation Protocol.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
physical point of
attachment
See PPA.
port
The communications channel formed when you attach a network cable between a network
physical port and a LAN device.
port aggregate
See link aggregate.
port aggregation
See link aggregate.
Port Aggregation
Protocol (PAgP)
The proprietary port aggregation protocol, developed by Cisco Systems Inc., which automatically
determines a bidirectional connection between two network physical ports.
port priority
An integer value used to determine which network physical port will be used as the active port
in a link aggregate in hot standby mode.
PPA
A unique integer identifier for each network physical port installed on a server.
S
server–to–router
See LB_IP.
server–to–server
See LB_PORT.
server–to–switch
See LB_MAC.
SMH
System Management Homepage
T
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
trunk
See link aggregate.
TSO
TCP Segmentation Offload
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