Glossary

EIA

Electronic Industries Association. This organization provides standards for the data

 

communications industry to ensure uniformity of interface between DTEs and DCEs.

EIA-530-A

An Electronic Industries Association standard for a high-speed, 25-position, DCE/DTE

 

interface.

Enterprise MIB

MIB objects unique to a specific company’s devices.

enterprise-specific

A trap unique to a specific company’s devices.

trap

 

EON

End of Number.

error

A discrepancy between a measured or computed value or condition and the true or

 

specified value or condition.

ES

Errored Seconds. A second with one or more ESF error events (one or more CRC6 error

 

events or OOFs).

ESD

ElectroStatic Discharge. An undesirable discharge of static electricity that can damage

 

equipment and degrade electrical circuitry.

ESF

Extended SuperFrame. The T1 transmission standard that specifies 24 frames as an

 

extended superframe to be used for frame synchronization and to locate signaling bits.

Fact1

Factory 1 configuration area. The first of two configuration option sets that are preset at the

 

factory (read-only options).

Fact2

Factory 2 configuration area. The second of two configuration option sets that are preset at

 

the factory (read-only options).

failure

An uncorrected hardware error.

fault

An accidental condition that causes a functional unit to fail to perform its required function.

FCC

Federal Communications Commission. The Board of Commissioners that regulates all

 

electrical communications that originate in the United States.

FDL

Facility Data Link. The selected framing bits in the ESF format used in a wide-area link that

 

are used for control, monitoring, and testing.

fractional E1

Individual DS0 channels that may be sold separately or in groups to provide bandwidth that

 

is some fraction of the total E1 capability.

frame

One identifiable group of bits that includes a sequence of bits for control, framing, etc.

frame relay

A high-speed connection-oriented packet switching WAN protocol using variable-length

 

frames.

framing

A technique that separates bits into identifiable groups.

Generic-Interface

An extension to MIB II that defines additional objects for control of generic interfaces in

Extension MIB

MIB II.

Get command

A command providing read-only access to SNMP MIB objects.

(SNMP)

 

ground

A physical connection to earth or other reference point.

HDLC

High-Level Data Link Control. A communications protocol defined by the International

 

Standards Organization (ISO).

host

A computer attached to a network that shares its information and devices with the rest of the

 

network.

Hz

Hertz. A unit of frequency that equals one cycle per second.

3160-A2-GB21-90

February 2001

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