Nortel 15000 Terminology page 125

SPT
See shortest path tree (SPT) (page
spare card
A spare processor card is either
• an installed back-up card that has been configured (provisioned) in
software to take over the traffic and services of a compatible or equivalent
card when that card is removed from service manually or by the system;
in the Nortel Multiservice Switch suite of NTPs, occurrences of "spare
card" almost always refer to this definition
• an unused card that is stored as a replacement card in the event of a
failure, upgrade, or redeployment of a compatible or equivalent card
See also
sparing
Using a spare card to enable redundant back-up of another card's active
traffic, services, and capabilities. The effectiveness of the sparing depends on
choosing a compatible or equivalent card. A compatible card usually has the
same root product engineering code (PEC) and provides the same services
and capabilities but with different rates of performance. An equivalent card
can have a different PEC but provides the same or very similar services and
capabilities.
sparing panel
A termination panel that enables the sparing of one or more function
processors (FPs) by a single FP of the same type and compatible or
equivalent vintage. See also
and equipment sparing (page
sparing timer
This timer is used to cause a switchover if a failed main function processor
(FP) in a one-for-n sparing configuration has not recovered by the time it
expires. This timer is five minutes. See also
SPD
See security policy database (SPD) (page
SPE
See SONET payload envelope (SPE) (page
specified path
A manually pre-determined path that consists of a series of transit nodes.
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sparing (page 125) and
sparing timer (page
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Terminology
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stability timer (page
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