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Glossary
V
A controller, such as a PNNI SVC Controller, Portable AutoRoute or Label Switch Controller, which
VSI Controller
controls a switch using the VSI.
A VSI master process implementing the master side of the VSI protocol in a VSI controller.
VSI Master
Sometimes the whole VSI controller might be referred to as a "VSI Master", but this is not strictly
correct.
1) A device that controls a VSI switch, for example, a VSI Label Switch Controller.
2) A process implementing the master side of the VSI protocol.
1) A switch (in the "Single Slave model") or a port card (in the "Multiple Slave Model") that
VSI Slave
implements the VSI.
2) A process implementing the slave side of the VSI protocol.
ATM Forum Traffic Management 4.0 method of providing congestion flow control for ABR
VS/VD (Virtual
connection types. Resource Management (RM) cells are used to convey management information
Source/Virtual
Destination) between sources and destinations.
An control terminal that is the active control terminal at one node but is physically attached to another
vt (virtual terminal)
node.
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