Dell 2724 - PowerConnect Switch User's Guide download pdf (Page 77)

Glossary

This glossary contains key technical words of interest.

Auto-negotiation

Allows 10/100 Mpbs or 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports to establish for the following features:

• Duplex/ Half Duplex Mode

•Flow Control

• Speed

Back Pressure

A mechanism used with Half Duplex mode that enables a port not to receive a message.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth specifies the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. For digital switch

modules, bandwidth is defined in Bits per Second (bps) or Bytes per Second.

Bandwidth Assignments

The amount of bandwidth assigned to a specific application, user, or interface.

Best Effort

Traffic is assigned to the lowest priority queue, and packet delivery is not guaranteed.

Boot Version

The boot version.

BootP

Bootstrap Protocol. Enables a workstation to discover its IP address, an IP address of a BootP server on a network,

or a configuration file loaded into the boot of a switch module.

Broadcast Domain

Ethernet switch module sets that receive broadcast frames originating from any Ethernet switch module within a

designated set. Routers bind Broadcast domains, because routers do not forward broadcast frames.

Broadcasting

A method of transmitting packets to all ports on a network.

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Dell 2724 - PowerConnect Switch User's Guide Page 77