Black Box Managed Gigabit Switch, LGB1126A, LGB1148A, LGB1108A manual Appendix

Appendix

DSCP: DSCP is an acronym for Differentiated Services Code Point. It is a field in the header of IP packets for packet classification purposes.

EEE: EEE is an abbreviation for Energy Efficient Ethernet defined in IEEE 802.3az.

EPS: EPS is an abbreviation for Ethernet Protection Switching defined in ITU/T G.8031.

Ethernet Type: Ethernet Type, or EtherType, is a field in the Ethernet MAC header, defined by the Ethernet networking standard. It is used to indicate which protocol is being transported in an Ethernet frame.

FTP: FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. It is a transfer protocol that uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and provides file writing and reading. It also provides directory service and security features.

Fast Leave: Multicast snooping Fast Leave processing allows the switch to remove an interface from the forwarding-table entry without first sending out group-specific queries to the interface. The VLAN interface is pruned from the multicast tree for the multicast group specified in the original leave message. Fast-leave processing ensures optimal bandwidth management for all hosts on a switched network, even when multiple multicast groups are in use simultaneously. This processing applies to IGMP and MLD.

HTTP: HTTP is an acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol that used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide Web (WWW).

HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. The other main standard that controls how the World Wide Web works is HTML, which covers how Web pages are formatted and displayed.

Any Web server machine contains, in addition to the Web page files it can serve, an HTTP daemon, a program that is designed to wait for HTTP requests and handle them when they arrive. The Web browser is an HTTP client, sending requests to server machines. An HTTP client initiates a request by establishing a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection to a particular port on a remote host (Port 80 by default). An HTTP server listening on that port waits for the client to send a request message.

HTTPS: HTTPS is an acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer. It is used to indicate a secure HTTP connection.

HTTPS provides authentication and encrypted communication and is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communication such as payment transactions and corporate logons.

HTTPS is really just the use of Netscape Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a sublayer under its regular HTTP application layering. (HTTPS uses Port 443 instead of HTTP Port 80 in its interactions with the lower layer, TCP/IP.) SSL uses a 40-bit key size for the RC4 stream encryption algorithm, which is considered an adequate degree of encryption for commercial exchange.

ICMP: ICMP is an acronym for Internet Control Message Protocol. It is a protocol that generated the error response, diagnostic, or routing purposes. ICMP messages generally contain information about routing difficulties or simple exchanges such as time- stamp or echo transactions.

IEEE 802.1X: IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Access Control. It provides authentication to devices attached to a LAN port, establishing a point-to-point connection or preventing access from that port if authentication fails. With 802.1X, access to all switch ports can be centrally controlled from a server, which means that authorized users can use the same credentials for authentication from any point within the network.

IGMP: IGMP is an acronym for Internet Group Management Protocol. It is a communications protocol used to manage the membership of Internet Protocol multicast groups. IGMP is used by IP hosts and adjacent multicast routers to establish multicast group memberships. It is an integral part of the IP multicast specification, like ICMP for unicast connections. IGMP can be used for on-line video and gaming, and allows more efficient use of resources when supporting these uses.

IGMP Querier: A router sends IGMP Query messages onto a particular link. This router is called the Querier.

IMAP: IMAP is an acronym for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a protocol for e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail messages from a mail server.

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