Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual page 1817

PGN
Partitioned group number
Phantom Calls
A feature that allows a call to originate either from a station AWOH or from a non-hunt group made
up of AWOH stations.
PI
Processor interface
PIB
Processor interface board
pickup group
A group of individuals authorized to answer any call directed to an extension within the group.
PIDB
Product image database
PKTINT
Packet interface
PL
Private line
PLS
Premises Lightwave System
PMS
Property Management System
PN
Port network
PNA
Private network access
POE
Processor occupancy evaluation
POP
Point of presence
port
A data- or voice-transmission access point on a device that is used for communicating with other
devices.
port carrier
A carrier in a multicarrier cabinet or a single-carrier cabinet containing port circuit packs, power
units, and service circuits. Also called a port cabinet in a single-carrier cabinet.
port network (PN)
A cabinet containing a TDM bus and packet bus to which the following components are connected:
port circuit packs, one or two tone-clock circuit packs, a maintenance circuit pack, service circuit
packs, and (optionally) up to four expansion interface (EI) circuit packs in DEFINITY ECS. Each PN
is controlled either locally or remotely by a switch processing element (SPE). See also
network (EPN)
port-network connectivity
The interconnection of port networks (PNs), regardless of whether the configuration uses direct or
switched connectivity.
Administrator's Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003
and processor port network (PPN).
Glossary and Abbreviations
expansion port
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