Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Internal/OpenFlow/Terms


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Aug 28, 2009, 9:29:00 PM (15 years ago)
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    1414 * '' Network Operating System '' (NOS) - NOX terminology for software that allows administration to monitor, manage, and configure a network as if it is a centralized entity.
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     16 * '' !OpenFlow Protocol '' - A TCP-based protocol used by !OpenFlow enabled network devices use to communicate with their controller.
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    1618 * '' !OpenFlow VLANs '' - legacy VLANs on which the virtual switches will run as overlay infrastructure.
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    2022''' Plain vanilla networking '''
    21  * '' Dot1Q '' (802.1) - A standard that provides identification of VLANs on trunk connections so they can communicate with others. A better definition:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q
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     23 * '' Dot1Q '' (802.1Q) - A standard that provides identification of VLANs on trunk connections so they can communicate with others. A better definition:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q
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    2325 * '' PVST+ '' (Per VLAN Spanning Tree Plus) - A Cisco- proprietary implementation of spanning-tree on VLANs also configured by default in the IP8800
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     27 * '' STP '' (802.1D/Spanning Tree Protocol) - A protocol that generates redundant network paths in the LAN by overlaying a tree topology over networks with physical loops.   
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    2529 * '' SNMP '' - A network management protocol that automates information collection on a network.
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    27  * '' Agent '' - Software residing on a network device (switches, routers, printers) that collects information from the device and reports errors on the network
     31 * '' SNMP Agent '' - Software residing on a network device (switches, routers, printers) that collects information from the device and reports errors on the network
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    29  * '' Manager '' - Software that queries agents for information regarding a device and keeps SNMP-related logs. 
     33 * '' SNMP Manager '' - Software that queries agents for information regarding a device and keeps SNMP-related logs. 
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    3135 * '' MIB '' (Management Information Base) - A hierarchical database organizing all of the types of information that can be collected using SNMP i.e. port status, system name, ect.