HP 3162 manual GL-7

Glossary

register	A part of the device’s memory that holds stored values.
reset	An initialization of the device that occurs at power-up or in response to a reset command.
RFC	Request for Comments. One of the documents published by the Internet Engineering Task
	Force that describe Internet protocols and policies.
RIP	Routing Information Protocol. A protocol for exchanging routing information.
RJ48C	An 8-position modular connector.
RLB	Repeater LoopBack. Loops the signal being sent to the network back to the DTE
	Drop/Insert and data ports after it has passed through the framing circuitry of the device.
router	A device that connects LANs by dynamically routing data according to destination and
	available routes.
RS-232	An Electronic Industries Association’s standard for a low-speed, 25-position, DCE/DTE
	interface.
RS-232-like MIB	RFC 1659, which defines objects for managing RS-232-type interfaces (e.g., RS-422,
	RS-423, etc.) and supports synchronous data ports and management communication
	ports on the device.
RTS	Request to Send. A signal from the DTE to the device, indicating that the DTE has data to
	send. V.24 circuit 105.
RX	Receive. To obtain transmitted signals.
RXC	Receive Clock. V.24 circuit 115.
RXD	Received Data. Pin 3 of the EIA-232 interface that is used by the DTE to receive data from
	the modem. Conversely, the modem uses Pin 3 to transmit data to the DTE.
SDCP	Shared Diagnostic Control Panel. A feature that allows carrier-mounted devices to share
	the same diagnostic control panel.
self-test	A test that checks most hardware components when power is applied to the device or a
	reset is initiated.
server	A device that offers a specific service, such as database management, to a client.
SES	Severely Errored Seconds. Usually defined as a second during which a specific number of
	CRC errors was exceeded, or an OOF or other critical error occurred.
Set (SNMP)	A command providing write access to SNMP MIB objects.
SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol. Protocol for serial operation on an internet.
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for open networking management.
StEvent	Status Event Register. Records the occurrence of certain alarm conditions.
subnet	A portion of a network, which may be a physically independent network segment, that
	shares a network address with other portions of the network and is distinguished by a
	subnet number. A subnet is to a network what a network is to an internet.
subnet mask	A number that identifies the subnet portion of a network address. The subnet mask is a
	32-bit Internet address written in dotted-decimal notation with all the 1s in the network and
	subnet portions of the address.
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The dominant protocol suite in the
	worldwide Internet, TCP allows a process on one machine to send data to a process on
	another machine using the IP. TCP can be used as a full-duplex or one-way simplex
	connection.

3162-A2-GB20-40 August 2000 GL-7