Terminology

The table below provides an alphabetical listing of VMS acronyms.

Table 1 Terminology
Acronym
Definition
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ACL
Access List
API
Application Programmable Interface
ARPU
Average Revenue Per User
ASAv
Adaptive Security Appliance - vFW VNF
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BSS
Business Support System
CDB
Configuration Database
CFS
Consumer Facing Service
CLI
Configuration Line Interface
CMSP
Cisco Cloud and Managed Service Program
CPE
Customer Premise Equipment (ISR-G2)
CRUD
Create, Read, Update and Delete orchestration operations
CSR
Cloud Service Router - vRouter VNF
cURL
Client URL
DC
Data Center
DCI
Data Center Interconnect
DEST
Destination IP Address
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMVPN
Dynamic Multi-Point Virtual Private Network
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone (Networking private to public)
DNS
Domain Name System
DST
Destination IP Address
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ESC
Elastic Services Controller
ETS
European Telecommunications Standards
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EzVPN
Easy Virtual Private Network
FW
Firewall
GraphDB
Graph Data Base
GuestOS
Guest Operating System
HA
High Availability is
HDR
Header
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
I2RS
Interface to Routing System (diagram format)
IKEv2
Internet Key Exchange version 2
IO
Input/Output
Intrusion Detection
Generally refers to the process of passively analyzing network traffic for potential intrusions and storing attack data for security analysis.
Intrusion Prevention
Includes the concept of intrusion detection, but adds the ability to block or alter malicious traffic as it travels across your network
iOS
Cisco Operating System
IP
Internet Protocol
IPSec
Internet Protocol Secure
ISR
Integrated Service Router
IT
Information Technology
KVM
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
LAN
Local Area Network
ML2
Modular Layer 2
MPLS
Multiprotocol Label Switching
NAT
Network Address Translation
NAT44
Network Address Translation IPv4-to-IPv4
NED
Network Element Driver
NEDs
Network Element Drivers
NETCONF
Network Configuration protocol
NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
NH
Next Hope
NIC
Network Interface Card
NICs
Network Interface Cards
NSO
Network Service Orchestrator
ODL
Open Daylight
OS
Operating System
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OSS
Operations Support System
OVS
Open Virtual Switch
PE
Provider Edge
PnP
Plug-N-Play
QEMU
Quick Emulator
QoS
Quality of Service
RA
Remote Access
REST
Representation State Transfer
RFC
Request For Comments
RFS
Resource Facing Service
ROI
Return on Investment
SA
Source Address
SDN
Solution uses software-defined networking
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SMB
Small Medium Business
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SP
Service Provider
SRC
Source IP Address
SSH
Secure Shell
SSL
Secure Sockets layer
SUDI
Secure Unique Device Identifier
TCO
Total Cost of Ownership
TP
Termination Point
UCS
Unified Computing System
vFW
Virtual Firewall
VIM
Virtual Interface Manager
VirtIO
Virtual Input/Output
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VM
Virtual Machine
VMs
Virtual Machines
VMS
virtual Manage Services
VNF
Virtual Network Function
VNFs
.Virtual Network Functions
VNIC
Virtual Network Interface
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VPP
Vector Packet Parsing
VR
Virtual Router
VRF
Virtual Route Forwarding
VRRP
Virtual Registry Registrar Protocol
WAN
Wide Area Network
WCCPv2
Web Cache Communications Protocol
WSA
Web Security Appliance
WSAv
Web Security Appliance virtualized
XML
eXtensible Marking Language
YANG
Yet Another Next Generation (data modeling)
ZTD
Zero Touch Deployment