Cisco-Solaris Initiative
Glossary

1.    CSU-DSU:
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit. The DSU is a device that performs protective and diagnostic functions for a telecommunications line. The CSU is a device that connects a terminal to a digital line. Typically, the two devices are packaged as a single unit. You can think of it as a very high-powered and expensive modem. Such a device is required for both ends of a T-1or T-3 connection, and the units at both ends must be from the same manufacturer.
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2.    TFTP:
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) enables you to transfer files to and from remote
systems. The configuration management application in the VCT enables you to edit configuration
files by using a text editor and download the files to devices on your network. It also enables you
to retrieve a device's configuration file, view it, edit it, or load it to the device. TFTP is used to
transfer the configuration files from a device to your system via the network.
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3.    WINS:
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) is a dynamic naming service that resolves NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses. The WINS tab of the DNS Service Properties dialog box lets you tell a Meta IP/DNS service to use WINS resolution if it is otherwise unable to resolve a query. This tab is only available if the Nameserver Version/Type field in the DNS Service Properties dialog box was set to Meta IP (the default) when the service was first created.
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3.    root:
root is the superuser account of the system who has full access to all resources.
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3.    halt:
Halt stops the processor before which it writes out any pending information to the disk.
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3.    boot cdrom:
Starts to boot the system from the CD-rom drive.
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