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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
Multiservice Access Function Processor (MSA8 FP), 8-port
The 8-port DS1 or E1 function processor card which provides Multiservice
capability on the Multiservice Switch
7400.
Multiservice Passport access network link (MPANL)
A Nortel Multiservice Switch link support service designed to communicate
with Passport
4400 access units. MPANL includes proprietary protocol
elements derived from ITU-T X.36 (frame relay) and signaling protocols
(Q.922 and Q.933). These protocol elements enhance the treatment of voice
traffic over links shared with application data and enable secure signaling as
a frame relay application. MPANL includes
components for interfacing to Passport 4400 access units using frame
relay, FrMux, and ISDN
components for traffic shaping
components for participating in Multiservice Switch voice and various VC
services
Multiservice Passport access network link signaling protocol (MSP)
This protocol allows end devices connected to a Passport 4400 unit to
interwork with end devices of a similar type in the Nortel Multiservice Switch
network. The same protocol can also allow a Passport
4400 unit to connect to
another Passport
4400 unit in a hierarchical manner.
Multiservice Switch bus
Two synchronous 32-bit 25-MHz cell buses, operating in a load-sharing
capacity, that can communicate with up to 16 function and control processors.
Each bus operates at 800 Mbit/s for a combined speed of 1.6
Gbits/s.
Multiservice Switch cluster
A group of one or more interconnected access nodes connected to the
backbone in the same RID subnet. A cluster may consist of a single node or
multiple nodes. A single-node cluster is a single cluster border node providing
access and not connected to any other access nodes. A multi-node cluster is
a group of one or more access nodes interconnected to one or more cluster
border nodes. A cluster exchanges limited routing information and no topology
information with the backbone.
Multiservice Switch subnet
A number of Nortel Multiservice Switch nodes directly connected to one
another.
Multiservice Switch trunk
Nortel Multiservice Switch node-to-Multiservice Switch node connection
supporting core networking. Multiservice Switch trunks support the dynamic
packet routing system (DPRS) and path-oriented routing system (PORS).