An Adjacent Node is a server acting as a signaling peer on a network. An Adjacent Node connects to one or more MP (message processing) Servers using reliable IP transport sessions, such as SCTP associations. In short, the Adjacent Node represents the far-end of an SCTP association. In the case of Eagle 5 ISS STP, an Adjacent Node is an E5-ENET card.
The Adjacent Nodes table lists all servers configured for direct connection to this SS7 node. An Adjacent Node is associated with the IP address on which the Adjacent Node will listen for M3UA signaling.