Acronyms


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

Table A-1 List of Acronyms 

Acronym
Expansion

AAL

ATM adaptation layer

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

Bidir

bidirectional PIM

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

CNS

Cisco Networking Services

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

CSM

Content Switching Module

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

DF

designated forwarder

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

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

FIB

Forwarding Information Base

FIE

Feature Interaction Engine

FECN

forward explicit congestion notification

FM

feature manager

FRU

field replaceable unit

fsck

file system consistency check

FSM

feasible successor metrics

FSU

fast software upgrade

FWSM

Firewall Services Module

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

IGMPv2

IGMP version 2

IGMPv3

IGMP version 3

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

LOU

logical operation units

LTL

Local Target Logic

MAC

Media Access Control

MD5

message digest 5

MDIX

media-dependent interface crossover

MDSS

Multicast Distributed Shortcut Switching

MFD

multicast fast drop

MIB

Management Information Base

MII

media-independent interface

MLS

Multilayer Switching

MLSE

maintenance loop signaling entity

MLSM

multilayer switching for multicast

MOP

Maintenance Operation Protocol

MOTD

message-of-the-day

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

NDR

no drop rate

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

OIF

Outgoing interface of a multicast {*,G} or {source, group} flow

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

PBR

policy-based routing

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

ppsec

packets per second

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

SFP

small form factor pluggable

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

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SSM

Source Specific Multicast

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

VMR

value mask result

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