HP UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software manual Mac

M
MAC	Media Access Control
MANUAL	The default mode of port configuration. Can be performed by using SMH (preferred) or by
	editing two configuration files.
MIB	Management Information Base
N
network adapter	A network device which has one or more network physical ports.
network physical	The communications channel formed when you attach a network cable between a specific
port	network port (adapter card) and a LAN device.
P
PAgP	See Port Aggregation Protocol.
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
physical point of	See PPA.
attachment
port	The communications channel formed when you attach a network cable between a network
	physical port and a LAN device.
port aggregate	See link aggregate.
port aggregation	See link aggregate.
Port Aggregation	The proprietary port aggregation protocol, developed by Cisco Systems Inc., which automatically
Protocol (PAgP)	determines a bidirectional connection between two network physical ports.
port priority	An integer value used to determine which network physical port will be used as the port in a
	link aggregate in hot standby mode.
PPA	A unique integer identifier for each network physical port installed on a server.
S
SAM	System Administration Manager
server–to–router	See LB_IP.
server–to–server	See LB_PORT.
server–to–switch	See LB_MAC.
T
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
trunk	See link aggregate.
TSO	TCP Segmentation Offload

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