Table B-1 List of Acronyms
Acronym
|
Expansion
|
ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
ART
|
Application Response Time
|
BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
|
BPDU
|
bridge protocol data unit
|
BSTUN
|
Block Serial Tunnel
|
BVI
|
bridge-group virtual interface
|
CDP
|
Cisco Discovery Protocol
|
CHAP
|
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
CIR
|
committed information rate
|
CLI
|
command-line interface
|
CMNS
|
Connection-Mode Network Service
|
COPS
|
Common Open Policy Server
|
CoS
|
class of service
|
CRC
|
cyclic redundancy check
|
DIFFSERV
|
differentiated services
|
DISL
|
Dynamic Inter-Switch Link
|
DLC
|
Data Link Control
|
DLSw
|
Data Link Switching
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
DoD
|
Department of Defense
|
DoS
|
denial of service
|
dot1q
|
802.1Q
|
dot1x
|
802.1x
|
DRAM
|
dynamic RAM
|
DSAP
|
destination service access point
|
DSCP
|
differentiated services code point
|
DSMON
|
Differentiated Services Monitoring
|
DTR
|
data terminal ready
|
EEPROM
|
electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
|
EIA
|
Electronic Industries Association
|
ELAN
|
Emulated Local Area Network
|
EOBC
|
Ethernet out-of-band channel
|
EOF
|
end of file
|
FAT
|
File Allocation Table
|
fsck
|
file system consistency check
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
GARP
|
General Attribute Registration Protocol
|
HSRP
|
Hot Standby Routing Protocol
|
HTTP
|
HyperText Transfer Protocol
|
IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
|
IGRP
|
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
IPC
|
interprocessor communication
|
IPX
|
Internetwork Packet Exchange
|
ISL
|
Inter-Switch Link
|
ISL VLANs
|
Inter-Switch Link VLANs
|
ISO
|
International Organization of Standardization
|
LAN
|
local area network
|
LANE
|
LAN Emulation
|
LLC
|
Logical Link Control
|
MAC
|
Media Access Control
|
MD5
|
message digest 5
|
MFD
|
multicast fast drop
|
MGCP
|
Media Gateway Control Protocol
|
MSFC
|
Multilayer Switch Feature Card
|
MIB
|
Management Information Base
|
MII
|
media-independent interface
|
MLS
|
Multilayer Switching
|
MPLS
|
Multiprotocol Label Switching
|
MRM
|
multicast routing monitor
|
MSDP
|
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
|
MSFC
|
Multilayer Switching Feature Card
|
MTU
|
maximum transmission unit
|
NAM
|
Network Analysis Module
|
NBP
|
Name Binding Protocol
|
NDE
|
NetFlow Data Export
|
NetBIOS
|
Network Basic Input/Output System
|
NFFC
|
NetFlow Feature Card
|
NSAP
|
network service access point
|
NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
|
NVRAM
|
nonvolatile RAM
|
OAM
|
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
|
OID
|
object identifier variable
|
OSPF
|
open shortest path first
|
PBD
|
packet buffer daughterboard
|
PBR
|
policy-based routing
|
PC
|
Personal Computer (formerly PCMCIA)
|
PDU
|
protocol data unit
|
PFC
|
Policy Feature Card
|
PHY
|
physical sublayer
|
PIM
|
protocol independent multicast
|
PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
|
PVLANs
|
private VLANs
|
QoS
|
quality of service
|
RACL
|
router interface access control list
|
RADIUS
|
Remote Access Dial-In User Service
|
RAM
|
random-access memory
|
RCP
|
Remote Copy Protocol
|
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
|
RSPAN
|
remote SPAN
|
RSVP
|
ReSerVation Protocol
|
SAP
|
service access point
|
SCP
|
Switch-Module Configuration Protocol
|
SCCP
|
Skinny Client Control Protocol
|
SDLC
|
Synchronous Data Link Control
|
SLCP
|
Supervisor Line-Card Processor
|
SLIP
|
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
SNAP
|
Subnetwork Access Protocol
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
SPAN
|
Switched Port Analyzer
|
SSL
|
Secure Sockets Layer
|
STP
|
Spanning Tree Protocol
|
SVC
|
switched virtual circuit
|
TACACS+
|
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
|
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
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time
|
VACL
|
VLAN access control list
|
VINES
|
Virtual Network System
|
VLAN
|
virtual LAN
|
VMPS
|
VLAN Membership Policy Server
|
VPN
|
virtual private network
|
VTP
|
VLAN Trunking Protocol
|
WAN
|
wide area network
|
WCCP
|
Web Cache Coprocessor Protocol
|
WFQ
|
weighted fair queueing
|
WRED
|
weighted random early detection
|
XNS
|
Xerox Network System
|
Feedback