IBM 3745 Console Setup Manual page 196

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receiving a signal from the remote data
circuit-terminating equipment (DCE).
remote console. A PS/2 attached to the IBM
3746-950 either by a switched line (with modems)
or by one of communication lines of the user
network.
remote support facility (RSF). RSF provides
IBM maintenance assistance when requested via
the public switched network. It is connected to the
IBM RETAIN database system.
service processor. The processor that is
attached to the 3746-950 via a token-ring LAN,
running the MOSS-E functions.
shutdown. The process of ending a operation of
a system or subsystem, following a defined
procedure.
subarea network. Connected subareas, their
directly attached peripheral nodes, and the lines
that connect them.
Synchronous Data Link Control (SOLC).
A
discipline for managing synchronous, code
transparent, serial-by-bit information transfer over
a link connection. Transmission exchanges may
be duplex or half-duplex over switched or
nonswitched links. The configuration of the link
connection may be point-to-point, multipoint, or
loop. SDLC conforms to subsets of the Advanced
Data Communication Control Procedures of the
American National Standards Institute and
High-Level Data Link Control (HOLC) of the
International Standard Organization (ISO).
token ring. A network with a ring topology that
passes tokens from one attaching device to
another.
token-ring adapter (TRA). Line adapter for IBM
Token-Ring Network, composed of one token-ring
processor card (TRP), and two token-ring interface
couplers (TICs).
token-ring interface coupler type 3 (TIC3). A
circuit that attaches an IBM Token-Ring network to
, an IBM 3746-900 or 3746-950 .
transmission interface. The interface between
the controller and the user application network.
transmission line. The physical means for
connecting two or more DTEs (via DCEs). It can
be nonswitched or switched. Also called a line.
user application network. A configuration of
data processing products, such as processors,
controllers, and terminals, for data processing and
information exchange. This configuration may use
circuit-switched, packet-switched, and
leased-circuit services provided by carriers or the
PTT. Also called user network.
Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
(VT AM). A set of programs that maintain control
of the communication between terminals and
application programs running under
~OS,
OS/1,
and OS/2 operating systems.
V.24 and V3S. ITU-T recommendations on
transmission interfaces.
Glossary
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