Table A-1 List of Acronyms
Acronym
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Expansion
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AAL
|
ATM adaptation layer
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ACE
|
access control entry
|
ACL
|
access control list
|
ACNS
|
Application and Content Networking System
|
AFI
|
authority and format identifier
|
Agport
|
aggregation port
|
ALPS
|
Airline Protocol Support
|
AMP
|
Active Monitor Present
|
APaRT
|
Automated Packet Recognition and Translation
|
ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
ATA
|
Analog Telephone Adaptor
|
ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
|
AV
|
attribute value
|
BDD
|
binary decision diagrams
|
BECN
|
backward explicit congestion notification
|
BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
|
BPDU
|
bridge protocol data unit
|
BRF
|
bridge relay function
|
BSC
|
Bisync
|
BSTUN
|
Block Serial Tunnel
|
BUS
|
broadcast and unknown server
|
BVI
|
bridge-group virtual interface
|
CAM
|
content-addressable memory
|
CAR
|
committed access rate
|
CBAC
|
context based access control
|
CCA
|
circuit card assembly
|
CDP
|
Cisco Discovery Protocol
|
CEF
|
Cisco Express Forwarding
|
CHAP
|
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
CIR
|
committed information rate
|
CIST
|
Common and Internal Spanning Tree
|
CLI
|
command-line interface
|
CLNS
|
Connection-Less Network Service
|
CMNS
|
Connection-Mode Network Service
|
COPS
|
Common Open Policy Server
|
COPS-DS
|
Common Open Policy Server Differentiated Services
|
CoS
|
class of service
|
CPLD
|
Complex Programmable Logic Device
|
CRC
|
cyclic redundancy check
|
CRF
|
concentrator relay function
|
CST
|
Common Spanning Tree
|
CUDD
|
University of Colorado Decision Diagram
|
DCC
|
Data Country Code
|
dCEF
|
distributed Cisco Express Forwarding
|
DDR
|
dial-on-demand routing
|
DE
|
discard eligibility
|
DEC
|
Digital Equipment Corporation
|
DFC
|
Distributed Forwarding Card
|
DFI
|
Domain-Specific Part Format Identifier
|
DFP
|
Dynamic Feedback Protocol
|
DISL
|
Dynamic Inter-Switch Link
|
DLC
|
Data Link Control
|
DLSw
|
Data Link Switching
|
DMP
|
data movement processor
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
DoD
|
Department of Defense
|
DOS
|
denial of service
|
dot1q
|
802.1Q
|
dot1x
|
802.1x
|
DRAM
|
dynamic RAM
|
DRiP
|
Dual Ring Protocol
|
DSAP
|
destination service access point
|
DSCP
|
differentiated services code point
|
DSPU
|
downstream SNA Physical Units
|
DSTS
|
Destination-Specific Traffic-Shaping
|
DTP
|
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
|
DTR
|
data terminal ready
|
DXI
|
data exchange interface
|
EAP
|
Extensible Authentication Protocol
|
EARL
|
Enhanced Address Recognition Logic
|
EEPROM
|
electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
|
EHSA
|
enhanced high system availability
|
EIA
|
Electronic Industries Association
|
ELAN
|
Emulated Local Area Network
|
EOBC
|
Ethernet out-of-band channel
|
EOF
|
end of file
|
EoMPLS
|
Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching
|
ESI
|
end-system identifier
|
FAT
|
File Allocation Table
|
FECN
|
forward explicit congestion notification
|
FIB
|
Forwarding Information Base
|
FM
|
feature manager
|
FRU
|
field replaceable unit
|
fsck
|
file system consistency check
|
FSM
|
feasible successor metrics
|
FSU
|
fast software upgrade
|
GARP
|
General Attribute Registration Protocol
|
GBIC
|
Gigabit Interface Converter
|
GMRP
|
GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
|
GVRP
|
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
|
HSRP
|
Hot Standby Routing Protocol
|
ICC
|
Inter-card Communication or interface controller card
|
ICD
|
International Code Designator
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
IDB
|
interface descriptor block
|
IDP
|
initial domain part or Internet Datagram Protocol
|
IDSM
|
Intrusion Detection System Module
|
IFS
|
IOS File System
|
IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
|
IGRP
|
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
|
ILMI
|
Integrated Local Management Interface
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
IPC
|
interprocessor communication
|
IPX
|
Internetwork Packet Exchange
|
IS-IS
|
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Intradomain Routing Protocol
|
ISL
|
Inter-Switch Link
|
ISL VLANs
|
Inter-Switch Link VLANs
|
ISO
|
International Organization of Standardization
|
ISR
|
Integrated SONET router
|
LACP
|
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
|
LACPDU
|
Link Aggregation Control Protocol data unit
|
LAN
|
local area network
|
LANE
|
LAN Emulation
|
LAPB
|
Link Access Procedure, Balanced
|
LCP
|
Link Control Protocol
|
LDA
|
Local Director Acceleration
|
LEC
|
LAN Emulation Client
|
LECS
|
LAN Emulation Configuration Server
|
LEM
|
link error monitor
|
LER
|
link error rate
|
LES
|
LAN Emulation Server
|
LLC
|
Logical Link Control
|
LTL
|
Local Target Logic
|
MAC
|
Media Access Control
|
MD5
|
message digest 5
|
MFD
|
multicast fast drop
|
MIB
|
Management Information Base
|
MII
|
media-independent interface
|
MLS
|
Multilayer Switching
|
MLSE
|
maintenance loop signaling entity
|
MOP
|
Maintenance Operation Protocol
|
MOTD
|
message-of-the-day
|
MLSE
|
maintenance loops signaling entity
|
MPLS
|
Multiprotocol Label Switching
|
MRM
|
multicast routing monitor
|
MSDP
|
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
|
MSFC
|
Multilayer Switching Feature Card
|
MSM
|
Multilayer Switch Module
|
MST
|
Multiple Spanning Tree (802.1s)
|
MTU
|
maximum transmission unit
|
MVAP
|
multiple VLAN access port
|
NAM
|
Network Analysis Module
|
NBP
|
Name Binding Protocol
|
NCIA
|
Native Client Interface Architecture
|
NDE
|
NetFlow Data Export
|
NET
|
network entity title
|
NetBIOS
|
Network Basic Input/Output System
|
NFFC
|
NetFlow Feature Card
|
NMP
|
Network Management Processor
|
NSAP
|
network service access point
|
NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
|
NVGEN
|
nonvolatile generation
|
NVRAM
|
nonvolatile RAM
|
OAM
|
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
|
ODM
|
order dependent merge
|
OSI
|
Open System Interconnection
|
OSM
|
Optical Services Module
|
OSPF
|
open shortest path first
|
PAE
|
port access entity
|
PAgP
|
Port Aggregation Protocol
|
PBD
|
packet buffer daughterboard
|
PC
|
Personal Computer (formerly PCMCIA)
|
PCM
|
pulse code modulation
|
PCR
|
peak cell rate
|
PDP
|
policy decision point
|
PDU
|
protocol data unit
|
PEP
|
policy enforcement point
|
PFC
|
Policy Feature Card
|
PGM
|
Pragmatic General Multicast
|
PHY
|
physical sublayer
|
PIB
|
policy information base
|
PIM
|
protocol independent multicast
|
PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
|
PRID
|
Policy Rule Identifiers
|
PVLANs
|
private VLANs
|
PVST+
|
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree+
|
QDM
|
QoS device manager
|
QM
|
QoS manager
|
QM-SP
|
SP QoS manager
|
QoS
|
quality of service
|
Q-in-Q
|
802.1Q in 802.1Q
|
RACL
|
router interface access control list
|
RADIUS
|
Remote Access Dial-In User Service
|
RAM
|
random-access memory
|
RCP
|
Remote Copy Protocol
|
RF
|
Redundancy Facility
|
RGMP
|
Router-Ports Group Management Protocol
|
RIB
|
routing information base
|
RIF
|
Routing Information Field
|
RMON
|
remote network monitor
|
ROM
|
read-only memory
|
ROMMON
|
ROM monitor
|
RP
|
route processor or rendezvous point
|
RPC
|
remote procedure call
|
RPF
|
reverse path forwarding
|
RPR
|
Route Processor Redundancy
|
RPR+
|
Route Processor Redundancy+
|
RSPAN
|
remote SPAN
|
RST
|
reset
|
RSTP
|
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
|
RSTP+
|
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol plus
|
RSVP
|
ReSerVation Protocol
|
SAID
|
Security Association Identifier
|
SAP
|
service access point
|
SCM
|
service connection manager
|
SCP
|
Switch-Module Configuration Protocol
|
SDLC
|
Synchronous Data Link Control
|
SGBP
|
Stack Group Bidding Protocol
|
SIMM
|
single in-line memory module
|
SLB
|
server load balancing
|
SLCP
|
Supervisor Line-Card Processor
|
SLIP
|
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
SMDS
|
Software Management and Delivery Systems
|
SMF
|
software MAC filter
|
SMP
|
Standby Monitor Present
|
SMRP
|
Simple Multicast Routing Protocol
|
SMT
|
Station Management
|
SNAP
|
Subnetwork Access Protocol
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
SPAN
|
Switched Port Analyzer
|
SREC
|
S-Record format, Motorola defined format for ROM contents
|
SSTP
|
Cisco Shared Spanning Tree
|
STP
|
Spanning Tree Protocol
|
SVC
|
switched virtual circuit
|
SVI
|
switched virtual interface
|
TACACS+
|
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
|
TARP
|
Target Identifier Address Resolution Protocol
|
TCAM
|
Ternary Content Addressable Memory
|
TCL
|
table contention level
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
TIA
|
Telecommunications Industry Association
|
TopN
|
Utility that allows the user to analyze port traffic by reports
|
TOS
|
type of service
|
TLV
|
type-length-value
|
TTL
|
Time To Live
|
TVX
|
valid transmission
|
UDLD
|
UniDirectional Link Detection Protocol
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
UNI
|
User-Network Interface
|
UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time
|
VACL
|
VLAN access control list
|
VCC
|
virtual channel circuit
|
VCI
|
virtual circuit identifier
|
VCR
|
Virtual Configuration Register
|
VINES
|
Virtual Network System
|
VLAN
|
virtual LAN
|
VMPS
|
VLAN Membership Policy Server
|
VPN
|
virtual private network
|
VRF
|
VPN routing and forwarding
|
VTP
|
VLAN Trunking Protocol
|
VVID
|
voice VLAN ID
|
WAN
|
wide area network
|
WCCP
|
Web Cache Coprocessor Protocol
|
WFQ
|
weighted fair queueing
|
WRED
|
weighted random early detection
|
WRR
|
weighted round-robin
|
XNS
|
Xerox Network System
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