Acronyms and Abbreviations


Table A-1 defines the acronyms and abbreviations that are used in this publication.

Table A-1 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 

Acronym
Expansion

ACE

access control entry

ACE

Allegro Crypto Engine

ACL

access control list

AFLSEC

Accelerated Flow Logging Security

AP

access point

API

application programming interface

APPL

application

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATOM

any transport over MPLS

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

C2W

WAN C2Wire

CAMP

Cooperative Asymmetric Multiprocessing

CAPI

card application program interface

CEF

Cisco Express Forwarding

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CPP

Control Plane Policing

CPU

central processing unit

CRC

cyclic redundancy check

CSG

Content Services Gateway

CWAN

Constellation WAN

CWPA

Constellation WAN port adapter

CWSLC

Constellation WAN SiByte Line Card1

CWTLC

Constellation WAN Toaster Line Card1

DBUS

data bus

DCM

Digital Clock Managers

DDR

dial-on-demand routing

DF

designated forwarder

DFC

Distributed Forwarding Card

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIAG

diagnostic

DIP

Dual In-Line Package

dLFI

Distributed Link Fragmentation and Interleaving

dLFIoATM

Distributed Link Fragmentation and Interleaving over ATM

dLFIoFR

Distributed Link Fragmentation and Interleaving over Frame Relay

DMA

direct memory access

DOT1X

IEEE 802.1x

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EARL

Enhanced Address Recognition Logic

ECC

error checking and correction

EFC

Extended Flow Control

EM

Event Manager

EMD

Error Message Decoder

ENVM

environmental monitoring

EOBC

Ethernet out-of-band channel

EoMPLS

Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching

EOU

Extensible Authentication Protocol over UDP

EPLD

Erasable Programmable Logic Device

ESF

Express Services Forwarding

FIB

Forwarding Information Base

FIFO

first-in, first-out

FM

Feature Manager

FPD

field-programmable device

FPGA

field-programmable gate array

GEMAC

Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control

GEWAN

Gigabit Ethernet WAN

GSR

Gigabit Switch Router

HA

high availability

HSRP

Hot Standby Router Protocol

I/O

input/output

ICDM

Inter-CPU Data Mover

IDB

interface description block

IDPROM

identification programmable read-only memory

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol

IOS

Internet Operating System (Cisco)

IP

Internet Protocol

IPC

InterProcessor Communication

IPNAT

IP Network Address Translation

KPA

keepalive

L2

Layer 2

L3

Layer 3

L3MM

Layer 3 Mobility Manager

LAN

local-area network

LC

line card1

LI

Lawful Intercept

LTL

Local Target Logic

MAC

Media Access Control

MCAST

Multicast

MD5

message digest 5

MET

Multicast Expansion Table

MFIB

Multicast Forwarding Information Base

MIB

Management Information Base

MII

media-independent interface

MLD

message loading device

MLP

Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol

MLS

Multilayer Switching

MLSCEF

Multilayer Switching Cisco Express Forwarding

MLSM

multi-layer switching for multicast

MMI

Modem Management Interface

MMLS

Multicast Multilayer Switching

MN

mobile node

MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching

MPPE

Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption

MRIB

Multicast Routing Information Base

MSFC

Multilayer Switch Feature Card

MTU

maximum transmission unit

NAT

Network Address Translation

NDE

NetFlow Data Export

OAL

Optimized ACL Logging

OIF

output interface

OIR

online insertion and removal

OSM

Optical Services Module

PBI

Programmable Binary Image

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PFC

Policy Feature Card

PFINIT

platform initialization

PFREDUN

platform redundancy

PIM

Protocol Independent Multicast

PIMSN

Protocol Independent Multicast Snooping

PISA

Programmable Intelligent Services Accelerator

PLIM

Physical Layer Interface Module

PM

port manager

PoS

Packet over SONET

POSLC

Packet over SONET Line Card1

PVLAN

private VLAN

PXF

Parallel Express Forwarding

QDR

Quad Data Rate

QinQ

IEEE 802.1Q in 802.1Q

QM

quality of service management

QoS

quality of service

RACL

router access control list

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RF

redundancy feature

ROM

read-only memory

ROMMON

read-only memory monitor

RP

route processor

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RPF

Reverse Path Forwarding

RPR

route processor redundancy

RTC

Real-Time Clock

SCP

Switch-Module Configuration Protocol

SIP

SPA Interface Processor

SMbus

system management bus

SMSC

short message service center

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

SP

switch processor

SPA

Shared Port Adapter

SPAN

Switched Port Analyzer

SRP

Spatial Reuse Protocol

SSA

Super Santa Ana ASIC

SSO

Stateful Switchover

SSP

State Synchronization Protocol Manager

SSRAM

synchronous static RAM

STAPL

Standard Test and Programming Language

SVI

switched virtual interface

SW

software

TAC

Technical Assistance Center (Cisco)

TBI

Ten Bit Interface

TCAM

ternary content addressable memory

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TFIB

Tag Forwarding Information Base

ToS

type of service

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

URLF

URL Filtering

VACL

VLAN access control list

VC

virtual circuit

VCD

virtual circuit descriptor

VLAN

Virtual LAN

VLOU

Virtual Logic Operation Unit

VPLS

Virtual Private LAN Service

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VPNSM

Virtual Private Network Services Module

VRF

VPN routing and forwarding

VSA

vendor-specific attribute

VTMS

Versatile Traffic Management and Shaping

VTP

VLAN Trunking Protocol

VTT

voltage termination

WAN

wide-area network

WCCP

Web Cache Communication Protocol

WiSM

Wireless Service Module

1 line card = module.