AARP
|
AppleTalk Address Resolution
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ACL
|
Access control list
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APNIC
|
Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre
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ARIN
|
American Registry for Internet Addresses
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ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
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AS
|
Autonomous system
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ASBR
|
Autonomous border system router
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BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
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BPBDU
|
Bridge protocol data unit
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BSD
|
Berkeley Software Distribution
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CBS
|
Committed burst size
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CEP
|
Customer edge port
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CIDR
|
Classless inter-domain routing
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CIR
|
Committed information rate
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CIST
|
Common Internal Spanning Tree
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CMM
|
Chassis Management Module
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CNA
|
Converged netwaork adapter
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DCB
|
Data cebter bridging
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DCBX
|
Data Center Exchange Protocol
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DEC
|
Digital Equipment Corporation
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DSCP
|
Differentiated services code point
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EBS
|
Excess burst size
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EF DSCP
|
Expidited forwarding DSCP
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EIR
|
Excess information rate
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ETS
|
Enhancement transmission selection
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EIGRP
|
Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol
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FCoE
|
Fiber Channel over Ethernet
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FDB
|
Forwarding database
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FSAP
|
Flexible software architecture for portability
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GARP
|
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
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GMRP
|
GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
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GVRP
|
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
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ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
ICMPv4
|
Internet Control Message Protocol version 4
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IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
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IGS
|
IGMP snooping
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IP TOS
|
IP type of service
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ISL
|
Inter-switch link
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IVL
|
Independent VLAN learning
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LA
|
Link aggregation
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LACP
|
Link aggregation Control Protocol
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LACNIC
|
Latin American and Caribbean Network Information Centre
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LLDP
|
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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MEF
|
Metro Ethernet Forum
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MIB
|
Management information base
|
MLD
|
Multicast listener discovery
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MLDS
|
Multicast listener discovery snooping
|
MSTP
|
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
|
NetBIOS
|
Network Basic Input/Output System
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NPAPI
|
Network processor application programming interface
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OPSF
|
Open Shortest Path First
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PDU
|
Protocol description unit
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PFC
|
Priority-based flow control
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PG
|
Priority group
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PHB
|
Per-hop behavior
|
PIM
|
Protocol independent multicast
|
PMTU
|
Path MTU
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PMTUD
|
PMTU discovery
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PVID
|
Port VLANI ID
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PVRST
|
Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree
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PVRST+
|
Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree Plus
|
PVST
|
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
|
RFC
|
Request for comments
|
RIP
|
Routing Information Protocol
|
RIPE NCC
|
Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre
|
RMON
|
Remote monitoring
|
RRD
|
Route redistribution
|
RST
|
Rapid Spanning Tree
|
RTM
|
Route table manager
|
SLA
|
service-level agreement
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SLI
|
Socket layer interface
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SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
srTCM
|
Single rate three color marker
|
STP
|
Spanning Tree Protocol
|
SVL
|
Shared VLAN learning
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
TCP ACK bit
|
TCP acknowledgement bit
|
TCP RST bit
|
TCP reset bit
|
TCN
|
Topology change notification
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
trTCM
|
Two rate three color marker
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TSWTCM
|
Time sliding window three color marker
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TLV
|
Type, length, and value
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TTL
|
Time-to-live value
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
VINES
|
Virtual integrated network service
|
VLAN
|
Virtual LAN
|
VLAN ID
|
VLAN identifier
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XNS
|
Xerox network systems
|
XVLAN
|
Exclusive VLAN
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