Sunfire B1600 Convergence for topology changes, Access method and physical layer specifications

IEEE 802.1w	An IEEE standard for the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) which is
	designed to supersede IEEE 802.1D. RSTP provides considerably faster
	convergence for topology changes.
IEEE 802.3	Defines carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
	access method and physical layer specifications.
IEEE 802.3ab	Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for
	1000BASE-T Fast Ethernet.
IEEE 802.3ac	Defines frame extensions for VLAN tagging.
IEEE 802.3u	Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for
	100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet.
IEEE 802.3x	Defines Ethernet frame start/stop requests and timers used for flow control on
	full-duplex links.
IEEE 802.3z	Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for
	1000BASE Gigabit Ethernet.
IGMP Snooping	Listening to IGMP Query and IGMP Report packets transferred between IP
	Multicast Routers and IP Multicast host groups to identify IP Multicast group
	members.
Internet Control
Message Protocol
(ICMP)	Commonly used to send echo messages (Ping) for monitoring purposes.
Internet Group
Management Protocol
(IGMP)	A protocol through which hosts can register with their local router for
	multicast services. If there is more than one multicast router on a given
	subnetwork, one of the routers is made the “querier” and assumes
	responsibility for keeping track of group membership.
In-Band Management	Management of the network from a station attached directly to the network.
IP Multicast Filtering	A process whereby this switch can pass multicast traffic along to participating
	hosts.
LAN Segment	Separate LAN or collision domain.
LED	Light emitting diode used for monitoring a device or network condition.
Link Segment	Length of twisted-pair or fiber cable joining a pair of repeaters or a repeater
	and a PC.
Local Area Network
(LAN)	A group of interconnected computer and support devices.

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