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List of terms
Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000
Terminology
NN10600-005 7.2S1 Standard
PCR7.2 and up March 2006
Copyright © 2006, Nortel Nortel Confidential
inverse multiplexing for ATM (IMA)
A feature available on Nortel Multiservice Switch nodes that supports the
transparent transmission of ATM cell data over a link group. IMA transparently
distributes a single stream of ATM layer cell traffic onto multiple physical links
for transmission across the links, and then combines the traffic back into the
original ATM layer cell sequence at the remote end.
inverse multiplexing for frame relay (IMUX)
A frame-based inverse multiplexing function provided by the multilink frame
relay (MLFR) service.
inverse-UPC shaping
This form of shaping uses dynamic rate changes so that the resulting cell
stream exactly conforms to the requirements of a dual leaky bucket UPC
enforcer. Also known as dual-leaky-bucket or VBR shaping.
IP
See Internet protocol (IP) (page 67).
IP address owner
The VRRP router that has the virtual router’s IP address(es) as real interface
address(es).
IP class of service (COS)
Provides four different classes of service for different types of IP traffic. With
IP COS, you can define a set of policies that identify different types of IP traffic
and specify the class of service to pass the IP traffic through the network.
IP COS
See IP class of service (COS) (page 68).
IP multicast forwarding
A packet forwarding mode that delivers IP multicast packets to a group of
nodes interested in receiving those packets in an IP network.
IP multicast forwarding table (FWD)
A forwarding table that performs exact match and best match for IP multicast
traffic.
IP multicast routing database (RDB)
A routing database for IP multicast traffic.
IP multicast routing table manager (MRTM)
A routing table manager for IP multicast traffic.