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List of terms
exterior reachable address
An address that a node can reach through a PNNI routing domain but that is not located in that PNNI routing domain.
external address plan (EAP)
An address plan that is not the Nortel Multiservice Switch internal address plan. Examples of EAPs are a DPN internal address plan and an IP address plan.
external border gateway protocol (EBGP)
BGP configuration in which sessions are established between routers in different autonomous systems (ASs). See also border gateway protocol (BGP) (page 20) and
external gateway (EG)
Aconnection to a
exterior gateway protocol (EGP)
An IP routing protocol that operates between autonomous systems on the Internet.
external routing protocol
A routing protocol from another network. Routing of external protocols is done either natively or using encapsulation. External protocols are routed natively when the packet is routed directly according to the address contained in its header. Encapsulation is used to completely envelop the external protocol within a Nortel Multiservice Switch packet, using it for making routing decisions.
fabric card
The circuit pack that performs the
fabric port
An interface to the fabrics of a Nortel Multiservice Switch 15000, or
Multiservice Switch 20000 node.
facsimile handling
The handling of
Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000
Terminology
PCR7.2 and up March 2006
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