Vanguard Managed Solutions 7300 Series Wide-area digital transmission that carries data at

Term

Meaning

E1	Wide-area digital transmission that carries data at .048 Mbps.
E3	Wide-area digital transmission that carries data at 34.368
	Mbps.
EIA 232, EIA 530	Electronic Industries Association standard serial connectors.
ESD	Electrostatic Discharge
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FPN	Fast Packet Networks
FR	Frame Relay
FRA	Frame Relay Access Protocol; Frame Relay Adapter; frame
	advance
FRAD	Frame Relay Access Device
FRI	Frame Relay Interface
FRU	Field Replaceable Unit
HDLC	High Level Data Link Control
HSSI	High-Speed Serial Interfaces
IBM BSC	IBM’s Binary Synchronous Communications
INS	Intelligent Network Server
IP	Internet Protocol
IP+	IP, IPX, and Voice Applications Ware License
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
ISDN	(Integrated Services Digital Network) A special Telco service
	combining voice and data on a single line.
LAN	Local Area Network
LAPB	Link Access Protocol-Balanced
LAPD	ITU-T recommended D channel Link Access Procedure.
MAC	Media Access Control
MIB	Management Information Base
ML-PPP	Multi link Point-to-point Protocol
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failure
Multi Service	IP, IPX, SNA and Voice Applications Ware License
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
NLSP	Netware Link State Protocol
NM	Network Management
NNI	Network Node Interface
O/S	Operating System
ONS	Open Network Systems
OS	Operating System

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