HP 316095-B21 FW 08.01.00 McDATA EFCM Basic User Manual (620-000240-000, Novem - Page 298

Glossary system services processor SSP. In a director or switch, the central controlling processor. Controls the RS-232 maintenance port and the Ethernet port of a Fibre Channel director or switch. T TB TCP TCP/IP technical support Telecommunications Industry Association telnet terabyte TIA token token ring See terabyte. See transmission control protocol. See transmission control protocol/Internet protocol. Single point of contact for a customer when assistance is needed in managing or troubleshooting a product. Technical support provides assistance twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. The technical support number is (800) 752-4572 or (720) 566-3910. Synonymous with customer support. TIA. A member organization of the Electronic Industries Association (EIA), TIA is the trade group representing the communications and information technology industries. See also Electronic Industries Association. The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection over a network connection. TB. One thousand (1,000) gigabytes; one terabyte of text on paper would consume 42,500 trees. At 12 characters per inch, 1 TB of data in a straight line would encircle the earth 56 times and stretch some 1.4 million miles equalling nearly three round trips from the earth to the moon. See Telecommunications Industry Association. A sequence of bits passed from one device to another on a token ring network that signifies permission to transmit over the network. The token consists of a starting delimiter, access control field, and end delimiter. If a device has data to transmit, it appends the data to the token (D). A local area network (LAN) configuration where devices attach to a network cable in a closed path or ring. A token (unique sequence of g-40 EFCM Basic User Manual