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Appendix B: Glossary of Terms

Terms Used in This Guide

802.1P

802.1Q

802.1Q defines a layer 2 frame structure that supports VLAN identification and a QoS

mechanism usually referred to as 802.1P.

802.1X Authentication method for a protocol requiring a network device to authenticate with a

back-end Authentication Server before gaining network access. Applicable 1600

Series IP Deskphones support IEEE 802.1X for pass-through and for Supplicant

operation with the EAP-MD5 authentication method.

ARP Address Resolution Protocol, used, for example, to verify that the IP address

provided by the DHCP server is not in use by another IP Deskphone.

CLAN Control LAN, type of Gatekeeper circuit pack.

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, an IETF protocol used to automate IP address

allocation and management.

DiffServ Differentiated Services, an IP-based QoS mechanism.

DNS

Domain Name System, an IETF standard for ASCII strings to represent IP

addresses. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed Internet directory

service. DNS is used mostly to translate between domain names and IP addresses.

Avaya 1600 Series IP Deskphones can use DNS to resolve names into IP

addresses. In DHCP, TFTP, and HTTP files, DNS names can be used wherever IP

addresses were available as long as a valid DNS server is identified first.

Gatekeeper H.323 application that performs essential control, administrative, and managerial

functions in the media server. Sometimes called CLAN in Avaya documents.

H.323 A TCP/IP-based protocol for VoIP signaling.

HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, used to request and transmit pages on the World Wide

Web.

HTTPS A secure version of HTTP.

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force, the organization that produces standards for

communications on the internet.

LAN Local Area Network.

MAC Media Access Control, ID of an endpoint.

QoS Quality of Service, used to refer to several mechanisms intended to improve audio

quality over packet-based networks.

Unnamed

Registration

Registration with Avaya Aura Communication Manager by an IP deskphone with no

extension. Allows limited outgoing calling.

TLS Transport Layer Security, an enhancement of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). TLS is

compatible with SSL 3.0 and allows for privacy and data integrity between two

communicating applications.

Unnamed

Registration

Registration with Avaya Aura Communication Manager by an IP deskphone with no

extension. Allows limited outgoing calling.

VLAN Virtual LAN.

VoIP Voice over IP, a class of technology for sending audio data and signaling over LANs.

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