Glossary

10Base-T:A 10 Mbit/s communication method specified in the IEEE 802.3u-1995 standard.

100Base-T:A 100 Mbit/s communication method specified in the IEEE 802.3u-1995 standard. The official name for Fast Ethernet.

100Base-TX: A specific implementation of 100Base-T designed to operate over Category 5 UTP cabling.

Alias: Name of the interface that corresponds to a given Internet address on a system. Refer to the network map in appendix B for example usage.

Autonegotiation: A mechanism defined in IEEE 802.3u-1995 whereby devices sharing a link segment can exchange data and automatically configure themselves to operate at the highest capability mode shared between them.The HP-PB10/100Base-TX card supports autonegotiation.

Autosensing: The ability of the HP-PB 10/100Base-TX card to detect a static speed of a hub or switch and automatically configure itself to operate accordingly. This

does not require the two-way information exchange and negotation process of full autonegotiation.

CSMA/CD: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection. The media access method implemented in IEEE 802.3u-1995.

Card Instance Number: A number that uniquely identifies a device within a class. A class of devices is a logical grouping of similar devices.

Destination Address: A field in the message packet format identifying the end node(s) to which the packet is being sent.

DLPI: Data Link Provider Interface. An industry-standard definition for message communications to STREAMS-based network interface drivers.

Ethernet: A 10 Mbit/s LAN, developed by Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel, and Xerox Corporation, upon which the IEEE 802.3 network is based.

Fast Ethernet: A commonly used name applied to 100Base-T.

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