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- 802.1q
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IEEE 802.1q (Q-tagging) adds a “tag” field to
Ethernet frames to indicate in which VLAN they are supposed
to go. This allows an Ethernet port to participate in multiple
VLANs. On AMS-IX, the Q-tag mechanism can be used to participate
in ISP unicast, multicast and (some) Closed User Groups, using
one port.
- 802.3ad
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Also known as “trunking” (Foundry),
“EtherChannel” (Cisco),
“link aggregation”,
or the official IEEE term
“LACP / 802.3ad”.
Bundles multiple parallel links between a pair of devices into
a single high-performance channel.
See also the GE link aggregation
page in the Technical section.
- ACP
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Administrative Contact Person.
- ASN
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Autonomous System Number. This is issued by
RIPE NCC
within Europe.
- (BGP) Peer
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Connected party that is willing to exchange IP traffic with you through
the exchange of (BGP) routing information.
- CCP
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Contractual Contact Person. This is the person that has
the authority to sign the AMS-IX Connection Agreement.
- EtherChannel
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See 802.3ad.
- Link Aggregation (GE)
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See 802.3ad.
- NOC
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Network Operations Centre.
- Q-tagging
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See 802.1q.
- Quarantine VLAN (Q-VLAN)
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Port-based VLAN used to “quarantine” and
troubleshoot AMS-IX member ports. A Q-VLAN
consists of one AMS-IX member port and one monitor port. Newly
provisioned ports are always put in quarantine to see if they
adhere to the
Allowed Traffic rules.
Misbehaving or erratic ports may be put in quarantine as well.
See also the Quarantine VLAN
document in the Technical section of this
site.
- RIPE
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Reseau IP Europeene. This is the organisation which issues IP
addresses within Europe. See also the
RIPE web site.
- SIDN
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Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland. See also
the SIDN web site.
- TCP
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Technical Contact Person.
- Trunking
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See 802.3ad.
- VLAN
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Virtual Local Area Network.
Virtual LANs allow a single physical LAN to be partitioned into
several smaller logical LANs. VLANs limit the broadcast domain
and thus improve stability and performance. AMS-IX operates
several VLANs.
- VLAN tagging
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See 802.1q.
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