consolidation route : 
consolidation route is defined between the development sytem ( consolidated system ) and the quality system (integration system)
Delivery route : 
Delivery route is the transport route that connects the integration system and the Delivery system ( Production system ) 
Defining Logon Groups : 
we can do this though our GUI and allways make sure that saplogon.ini is backed up , that consists of all the logon data 
Logon Load balancing : 
It is used to identify the least loaded application server 
Domain controller : 
it is the central admin of the system
transport domain : 
it is the place the transport layer and routes can be configured to access this transaction use stms
