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Document ID: 12272
Contents
Introduction
Prerequisites
Requirements
Components Used
Conventions
Acronyms
Related Information
Introduction
This document defines a broad range of acronyms used frequently in most of the Token Ring switching documentation.
Prerequisites
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this document.
Components Used
This document is not restricted to specific software or hardware versions.
Conventions
For more information on document conventions, refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions.
Acronyms
ARE—all-routes explorer (or all-rings explorer)
ASIC—application-specific integrated circuit
CAM—content-addressable memory
CDP—Cisco Discovery Protocol
DA—destination address
DISL—Dynamic Inter-Switch Link
DMAC—destination Media Access Control
DRiP—Duplicate Ring protocol
DTP—Dynamic Trunking Protocol
IBM—International Business Machines
IEEE—Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISL—Inter-Switch Link
MAC—Media Access Control
MAU—Multistation Access Unit
MTU—maximum transmission unit
NSR—Non-Source-Routed
QTP—Quad Token Ring Port
QMAC—Quad Media Access Controller
RD—Route Descriptors
RIF—Routing Information Field
RSM—Route Switch Module
SMAC—source Media Access Control
SRB—source-route bridging
SRE—Single Route Explorer. Also sometimes denoted as STE (Spanning Tree Explorer).
SRF—Specifically Routed Frame
SR/TLB—source-route translational bridging
SRS—source-route switching
SRT—source-route transparent bridging
STP—Spanning Tree Protocol
TB—transparent bridging
TrBRF—Token Ring Bridge Relay Function
TrCRF—Token Ring Concentrator Relay Function
TRISL—Token Ring Inter-Switch Link
VLAN—virtual local-area network
VTP—VLAN Trunking Protocol
Related Information
| Updated: Sep 09, 2005 | Document ID: 12272 |