AAA
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Authentication authorization and accounting
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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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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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DHCP
|
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
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DSCP
|
Differentiated services code point
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EBS
|
Excess burst size
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ECMP
|
Equal cost multiple path
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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
|
FSAP
|
Flexible software architecture for portability
|
GARP
|
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
|
GMRP
|
GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
|
GVRP
|
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
ICMPv4
|
Internet Control Message Protocol version 4
|
ICMPv4
|
Internet Control Message Protocol version 6
|
IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
|
IGS
|
IGMP snooping
|
IP TOS
|
IP type of service
|
IPv6
|
IP version 6
|
ISL
|
Inter-switch link
|
IVL
|
Independent VLAN learning
|
LA
|
Link aggregation
|
LACP
|
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
|
LACNIC
|
Latin American and Caribbean Network Information Centre
|
LBG
|
Load balancing group
|
LLDP
|
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
|
MD5
|
Message digest
|
MEF
|
Metro Ethernet forum
|
MIB
|
Management information base
|
MLD
|
Multicast listener discovery
|
MLDS
|
Multicast listener discovery snooping
|
MSTP
|
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
|
NAS
|
Network access security
|
NetBIOS
|
Network basic input/output system
|
NPAPI
|
Network processor application programming interface
|
OPSF
|
Open Shortest Path First
|
PDU
|
Protocol description unit
|
PFC
|
Priority-based flow control
|
PG
|
Priority group
|
PHB
|
Per-hop behavior
|
PIM
|
Protocol independent multicast
|
PMTU
|
Path MTU
|
PMTUD
|
PMTU discovery
|
PVID
|
Port VLANI ID
|
PVRST
|
Per-VLAN rapid spanning tree
|
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
|
SHA
|
Secure Hash Algorithm
|
SLA
|
Service-level agreement
|
SLB
|
Server load balancer
|
SLB L2
|
Server load balancer level two
|
SLI
|
Socket layer interface
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
srTCM
|
Single rate three color marker
|
STP
|
Spanning Tree Protocol
|
SVL
|
Shared VLAN learning
|
TACACS
|
Terminal access controller access control system
|
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
|
TSWTCM
|
Time sliding window three color marker
|
TLV
|
Type, length, and value
|
TTL
|
Time-to-live value
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
USM
|
User- based security model
|
VACM
|
View- based access control model
|
VINES
|
Virtual integrated network service
|
VIP
|
Virtual IP address prefix
|
VLAN
|
Virtual LAN
|
VLAN ID
|
VLAN identifier
|
XNS
|
Xerox network systems
|
XVLAN
|
Exclusive VLAN
|