KTI Networks KGS-1064-HP User Manual page 236

Spanning Tree Protocol is an OSI layer-2 protocol which ensures a loop free topology for any
bridged LAN. The original STP protocol is now obsolete by RSTP.
Switch ID
Switch IDs (1-?) are used to uniquely identify the switches within a stack. The Switch ID of
each switch is shown on the display on the front of the switch and is used widely in the web
pages as well as in the CLI commands.
SyncE
SyncE Is an abbreviation for Synchronous Ethernet. This functionality is used to make a
network 'clock frequency' synchronized. Not to be confused with real time clock synchronized
(IEEE 1588).
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TACACS+
TACACS+ is an acronym for Terminal Acess Controller Access Control System Plus. It is a
networking protocol which provides access control for routers, network access servers and
other networked computing devices via one or more centralized servers. TACACS+ provides
separate authentication, authorization and accounting services.
Tag Priority
Tag Priority is a 3-bit field storing the priority level for the 802.1Q frame.
TCP
TCP is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol. It is a communications protocol that
uses the Internet Protocol (IP) to exchange the messages between computers.
The TCP protocol guarantees reliable and in-order delivery of data from sender to receiver and
distinguishes data for multiple connections by concurrent applications (for example, Web
server and e-mail server) running on the same host.
The applications on networked hosts can use TCP to create connections to one another. It is
known as a connection-oriented protocol, which means that a connection is established and
maintained until such time as the message or messages to be exchanged by the application
programs at each end have been exchanged. TCP is responsible for ensuring that a message is
divided into the packets that IP manages and for reassembling the packets back into the
complete message at the other end.
Common network applications that use TCP include the World Wide Web (WWW), e-mail,
and File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
TELNET
TELNET is an acronym for TELetype NETwork. It is a terminal emulation protocol that uses
the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and provides a virtual connection between TELNET
server and TELNET client.
TELNET enables the client to control the server and communicate with other servers on the
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