Glossary

RIP

Routing information protocol. A configurable lcsadm process

 

for routing IP packets.

RFC

Request for comments document of the IETF.

routed

A service which uses RIP to maintain the IP route table. A confi-

 

gurable lcsadm process for routing IP packets.

router

A device that routes information between networks.

SLIP

Serial Line IP Protocol. An internet protocol.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol.

socket ser-

This service is used to allow LAN connected hosts to initiate

vice

uucp connections to data switch connected hosts. The LCS60

 

terminates the uucp TCP datastream and retransmits it using 8-

 

bit virtual circuits over the data switch network to remote asyn-

 

chronous endpoints.

subnetwork

In TCP/IP Protocol, a logical subsection of a single internet net-

 

work (e.g., dock-netis divided into subnets m-net0and b-net).

telnet service

The telnet service provides telnet network virtual terminal emu-

 

lation to a data-switch connected device.

zone

A collection of networks on an AppleTalk internet. AppleTalk

 

uses zones to group resources logically across LANs, indepen-

 

dent of device location; that is, zones do not have to be physi-

 

cally contiguous. Zones allow users to find devices easily.

Parameters

The following parameters are used in configuring the LCS60. The parameters are listed alphabetically according to the service being configured.

AppleTalk Network/Zone (atalkas)

network This is a number between 1 and 65279. It must not be equal to any number other network number in use in the AppleTalk network, and must not be contained within any other network number range in use in

the AppleTalk network.

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