7. Glossary
7.1.1.Bandwidth Utilization
The historical percentage of packets received as compared to total bandwidth.
7.1.2.BOOTP
Boot protocol used to load the operating system or configuration settings for devices connected to the network.
7.1.3.Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
(DVMRP)
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7.1.4.GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
Defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports along the Spanning Tree so that VLANs defined in each switch can work automatically over a Spanning Tree network.
7.1.5.Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group membership information in a switched environment so that multicast data frames are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations. Formerly called Group Address Registration Protocol.
7.1.6.Group Attribute Registration Protocol
See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol.
7.1.7.Generic Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups. GMRP requires that any participating network devices or endstations comply with the IEEE 802.1p standard.
7.1.8.ICMP Router Discovery
ICMP Router Discovery message is an alternative router discovery method that uses a
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