Acronyms and Abbreviations


Table A-1 defines the acronyms and abbreviations that are used in this publication.

Table A-1 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 

Acronym
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AAA

authentication, authorization, and accounting

ACL

access control list

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

ADS

Active Directory Service

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

BIOS

Basic Input Output System

BOOTP

Bootstrap Protocol

CBA

cipher block chaining

CDP

Cisco Discovery Protocol

CIFS

Common Internet File System

CLI

command-line interface

CUPS

Common UNIX Printing System

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name System

DSCP

differentiated services code point

ECN

Explicit Congestion Notification

FTP

file transfer protocol

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time (now known as UTC)

GRE

generic routing encapsulation

GUI

graphical user interface

HMAC

Hash-Based Message Authentication Code

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IP

Internet Protocol

KDC

key distribution center

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

MAC

Media Access Control

Mbps

megabits per second

MD5

Message Digest 5

MIB

Management Information Base

MSRPC

Microsoft Remote Procedure Call

MTU

maximum transmission unit

NAS

network access server/network attached storage

NetBIOS

Network Basic Input/Output System

NMS

Network Management system

NTP

Network Time Protocol

NTLM

NT LAN Manager

NVRAM

nonvolatile RAM

PAP

Password Authentication Protocol

PDC

primary domain controller

PID

product ID

POST

Power-on Self Test

RADIUS

Remote Access Dial-In User Service

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAM

random access memory

rcp

remote copy protcol

RMSS

receiver maximum segment size

ROM

read-only memory

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

SMART

Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology

SMB

Server Message Block

SMSS

sender maximum segment size

SN

serial number

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SSH

Secure Shell Protocol

SYSFS

System File System

TAC

Technical Assistance Center

TACACS+

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TDB

Trivial DataBase

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

ToS

type of service

UDI

unique device identifier

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UPS

uninterruptible power supply

USB

Universal Serial Bus

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

UUCP

Unix-to-Unix Copy Program

VID

version ID

WAE

Wide Area Application Engine

WAAS

Wide Area Application Services

WAFSFS

Wide Area File Services File System

WCCP

Web Cache Communication Protocol

WINS

Windows naming service