3Com 155 PCI manual Cell, End station, Emulated LAN. See Lane, Kilobytes bytes

2GLOSSARY

Cell

The basic data unit used to transmit information through an ATM network. The cell is 53 bytes in length and supports high-speed packet switching techniques.

End station

A machine that is connected to a network and is intended to run user application programs. In an ATM network, an ATM connection is terminated or initiated at the end station.

ELAN

Emulated LAN. See LANE.

ILMI

Interim Local Management Interface. The ATM Forum standard for incorporating network management into ATM networks. ILMI can be used as a monitor for transfers between a router and an ATM switch, reporting CRC error rates and performance dips.

IP

Internet Protocol. A network-layer protocol that contains addressing and control information to allow packets to be routed over dissimilar networks.

KB

Kilobytes. 1024 bytes.

LANE

LAN Emulation. A specification of a software driver that operates below the host Link Level protocol as if it were the MAC layer of an Ethernet interface. The driver provides broadcast/multicast addressing and other LAN-like functions to convince the host network protocols that they are talking to a real Ethernet interface.