Index_M

M

MAC 3, 184

MAC address 184

malloc(), in memory management 65

management information

base 69

configuration 76

control 76

in tables 76

statistics 76

status 76

management plane 32, 184

management tasks 48

manager 184

man-machine language 118

market requirements document (MRD) 157, 184

Marvell 29

master agent 184

mbuf cluster 98

mbuf library 66

mbuf library routines 99

mbuf structure 98

MCB 105

media access control layer 3

media interface 136

media modules 136

memory

management 65

management unit 25

partitions 65

memory management 184

memory protection 184

memPartAlloc 65

memPartCreate 65

memPartFree 65

merchant silicon 29

message block

in STREAMS buffer management 101

message control block

in buffer management 105

message passing in OSE 53

messaging interface 185

messaging/event interfaces 53

MIB 69, 185

MIB view 150

MIB-II 76, 185

midplane architecture 135

MIPS 29

MML 118

modular architecture 18

module 37

modulo arithmetic

for buffer calculations 43

monolithic control plane 145, 185

monolithic design

including RTOS and application 72

MOSPF 149, 185

Motorola 30

PowerQUICC 27

Motorola PowerPC 185

MPLS 185

MRD 157

MTU 185

multi-board architectures 135

multicast 185

multicast Ethernet address 42

multiple line card, fully distributed architecture 149

multiple state machines

in state machines 63

multiplexer 185

multiplexing and demultiplexing 17

multi-router 151

multi-service switch 185

mutual exclusion 67, 124, 185