Campus Network Design Fundamentals

3DES

Triple Data Encryption Standard.

AAA

authentication, authorization, and accounting.

ABR

Area Border Router.

ACD

automatic call distribution.

ACK

1. acknowledgment. 2. acknowledgment bit in a TCP segment.

ACNS

Application and Content Networking System.

ACS

(Cisco Secure) Access Control Server.

ADSL

asymmetric digital subscriber line.

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard.

AF

Assured Forwarding.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol.

ASBR

Autonomous System Boundary Router.

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit.

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode.

BE

Best Effort.

BECN

backward explicit congestion notification.

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol.

BGP4

BGP Version 4.

BHT

Busy Hour Traffic.

BPDU

bridge protocol data unit.

bps

bits per second.

BRI

Basic Rate Interface.

CA

certification authority.

CAD/CAM

Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing.

CAM

content-addressable memory.

CAR

committed access rate.

CatOS

Catalyst Operating System.

CBWFQ

class-based weighted fair queuing.

CCITT

Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone.

CCM

Cisco CallManager.

CCS

1. common channel signaling. 2. Centum Call Second.

CDN

content delivery network.

CDP

Cisco Discovery Protocol.

CEF

Cisco Express Forwarding.

CEO

chief executive officer.

CERT/CC

CERT Coordination Center.

CGMP

Cisco Group Management Protocol.

CIDR

classless interdomain routing.

CIR

committed information rate.

CIS

Catalyst integrated security.

CLNP

Connectionless Network Protocol.

CM

1. cable modem. 2. Campus Manager.

CN

Content Networking.

CO

central office.

CoS

class of service.

CQ

custom queuing.

cRTP

Compressed Real-Time Transfer Protocol (or RTP header compression).

CS

1. common services. 2. class selector.

CSA

Cisco Secure Agent.

CSMA/CD

carrier sense multiple access collision detect.

CTI

computer telephony integration.

CTS

Clear To Send.

CV

CiscoView.

DA

destination address.

DAS

directly attached storage.

DC

demand circuit.

DCE

data circuit-terminating equipment.

DDoS

distributed denial of service.

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation.

DES

Data Encryption Standard.

DFM

device fault manager.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

DiffServ

Differentiated Services.

DMZ

demilitarized zone.

DNS

Domain Name Service or Domain Name System.

DoS

denial of service.

DSCP

Differentiated Services Code Point.

DSL

digital subscriber line.

DSP

digital signal processor.

DTE

data terminal equipment.

DTS

distributed traffic shaping.

DUAL

Diffusing Update Algorithm.

EBGP

External BGP.

ECN

explicit congestion notification.

EF

expedited forwarding.

EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol.

EIGRP

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.

ES

end system.

EUI-64

extended universal identifier 64-bit.

FCAPS

fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security management (five functional areas of network management).

FCIP

Fibre Channel IP.

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface.

FECN

forward explicit congestion notification.

FIB

Forwarding Information Base.

FIN

Finish (bit in TCP segment code field).

FLSM

Fixed Length Subnet Mask.

FRTS

Frame Relay traffic shaping.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol.

Gbps

gigabits per second.

GLBP

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol.

GoS

grade of service.

GTS

Generic Traffic Shaping.

HAN

home-area network.

HDLC

High-Level Data Link Control.

HIDS

host-based IDS.

HIPS

host-based IPS.

HR

human resources.

HSRP

Hot Standby Router Protocol.

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

HTTPS

Secure HTTP (HTTP over SSL).

HWIC

high-speed wireless interface card.

Hz

hertz.

IBGP

Internal BGP.

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol.

ID

identifier.

IDS

intrusion detection system.

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force.

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol.

IGP

Interior Gateway Protocol.

IGRP

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.

IIS

Internet Information Server.

IM

instant messaging.

IntServ

Integrated Services.

IPCC

IP contact center.

IPM

internetwork performance monitor.

IPS

intrusion prevention system.

IPsec

IP security.

IP/TV

Internet Protocol Television.

IPv4

IP version 4.

IPv6

IP version 6.

IPX

Internetwork Packet Exchange.

IS

1. information systems. 2. intermediate system.

iSCSI

small computer systems interface over IP.

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network.

IS-IS

Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System.

ISL

Inter-Switch Link.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization.

ISP

Internet service provider.

IT

information technology.

ITU-T

International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector.

kbps

kilobits per second.

LCD

liquid crystal display.

LFI

Link Fragmentation and Interleaving.

LLC

Logical Link Control.

LLQ

low latency queuing.

LMS

LAN management solution.

LSA

link-state advertisement.

LSU

link-state update.

MAC

Media Access Control.

MB

megabyte.

Mbps

megabits per second.

MCS

media convergence server.

MD5

message digest algorithm 5.

MGCP

Media Gateway Control Protocol.

MIB

Management Information Base.

MISTP

Multiple Instance STP.

MLS

multilayer switching.

MLSP

Multilayer Switching Protocol.

MLS-RP

MLS route processor.

MLS-SE

MLS switching engine.

MOS

mean opinion score.

ms

millisecond.

MTU

maximum transmission unit.

NAC

Network Admission Control.

NAD

network access device.

NAS

network attached storage.

NAT

Network Address Translation.

NBAR

network-based application recognition.

NBMA

nonbroadcast multiaccess.

NFS

Network File System.

NIC

1. network interface card. 2. Network Information Center.

NIDS

network-based intrusion detection system.

NNM

network node manager.

NSAP

network service access point.

NSF

nonstop forwarding.

OOB

out-of-band signaling.

OS

operating system.

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection.

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First.

OTP

one-time password.

OUI

Organizational Unique Identifier.

PAM

pulse amplitude modulation.

PBX

private branch exchange.

PCM

pulse code modulation.

PDA

personal digital assistant.

PDIOO

plan, design, implement, operate, and optimize.

PDLM

packet description language module.

PDU

protocol data unit.

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy.

PHB

Per hop behavior.

PIM

Protocol Independent Multicast.

PIN

personal identification number.

PIPEDA

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

PIX

Private Internet Exchange.

PKI

public-key infrastructure.

PoE

Power over Ethernet.

POP3

Post Office Protocol version 3.

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol.

pps

packets per second.

PQ

priority queuing.

PRC

partial route calculation.

PRI

Primary Rate Interface

PSTN

public switched telephone network.

PVC

permanent virtual circuit.

PVLAN

private VLAN.

PVST

per-VLAN spanning tree.

PVST+

per-VLAN spanning tree plus.

QoS

quality of service.

R&D

research and development.

RED

random early detection.

RF

radio frequency.

RFC

Requests For Comments.

RFID

radio frequency identification.

RIP

Routing Information Protocol.

RIPv1

Routing Information Protocol version 1.

RIPv2

Routing Information Protocol version 2.

RM

RF management.

RME

Resource Manager Essentials.

RMON

Remote Monitoring.

ROI

return on investment.

RP

rendezvous point.

RPF

Reverse Path Forwarding.

RSM

Route Switch Module.

RST

Reset (bit in TCP segment code field).

RSTP

Rapid STP.

RSVP

Resource Reservation Protocol.

RTP

Real-Time Transport Protocol.

RTS

Request To Send.

SA

source address.

SAA

service assurance agent.

SAN

storage area networking.

SB

senate bill.

SCSI

small computer systems interface.

SLA

service level agreement.

SLB

server load balancing.

SLC

service level contract.

SMB

small to medium business.

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol.

SNMPv1

SNMP version 1.

SNMPv2

SNMP version 2.

SNMPv3

SNMP version 3.

SOX

Sarbanes-Oxley.

SPAN

Switched Port Analyzer.

SPF

shortest path first.

SRST

Survivable Remote Site Telephony.

SSH

secure shell.

SSID

Service Set Identifier.

SSL

Secure Socket Layer.

SSO

stateful switchover.

STP

1. shielded twisted-pair. 2. Spanning Tree Protocol.

SVC

switched virtual circuit.

SWAN

Structured Wireless-Aware Network.

SYN

Synchronize (bit in a TCP segment code field).

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System.

TCO

total cost of ownership.

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol.

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol.

ToS

type of service.

TTL

Time To Live.

UDP

User Datagram Protocol.

USB

Universal Serial Bus.

UTP

unshielded twisted-pair.

VAD

voice activity detection.

VC

virtual circuit.

VIP

Versatile Interface Processor.

VLAN

virtual LAN.

VLSM

variable-length subnet mask.

VMPS

VLAN Membership Policy Server.

VMS

VPN/Security Management Solution.

VoD

video on demand.

VoIP

Voice over IP.

VPN

virtual private network.

VRRP

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.

VTP

VLAN Trunking Protocol.

WAP

wireless access point.

WCCP

Web Cache Communication Protocol.

WDS

1. Wireless Domain Services. 2. Wireless Distribution System.

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy.

WFQ

weighted fair queuing.

WIDS

wireless intrusion detection system.

Wi-Fi

wireless fidelity.

WLAN

wireless local-area network.

WLSE

wireless LAN solutions engine.

WLSM

wireless LAN service module.

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access.

WRED

weighted random early detection.

XML

extensible markup language.