Specifications

Preface
IV
MC Memory Card
MD5 Message Digest 5
MDI Medium Dependent Interface
MDI-X Medium Dependent Interface crossover
MEP Maintenance association End Point
MIB Management Information Base
MIP Maintenance domain Intermediate Point
MRU Maximum Receive Unit
MSTI Multiple Spanning Tree Instance
MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
MTU Maximum Transfer Unit
NAK Not AcKnowledge
NAS Network Access Server
NAT Network Address Translation
NCP Network Control Protocol
NDP Neighbor Discovery Protocol
NET Network Entity Title
NLA ID Next-Level Aggregation Identifier
NPDU Network Protocol Data Unit
NSAP Network Service Access Point
NSSA Not So Stubby Area
NTP Network Time Protocol
OADP Octpower Auto Discovery Protocol
OAM Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier
packet/s packets per second (can also appear as pps)
PAD PADding
PAE Port Access Entity
PC Personal Computer
PCI Protocol Control Information
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PID Protocol IDentifier
PIM Protocol Independent Multicast
PIM-DM Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode
PIM-SM Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
PIM-SSM Protocol Independent Multicast-Source Specific Multicast
PoE Power over Ethernet
PRI Primary Rate Interface
PS Power Supply
PSNP Partial Sequence Numbers PDU
QoS Quality of Service
RA Router Advertisement
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RDI Remote Defect Indication
REJ REJect
RFC Request For Comments
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RIPng Routing Information Protocol next generation
RMON Remote Network Monitoring MIB
RPF Reverse Path Forwarding
RQ ReQuest
RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
SA Source Address
SD Secure Digital
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDU Service Data Unit
SEL NSAP SELector
SFD Start Frame Delimiter
SFP Small Form factor Pluggable
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNAP Sub-Network Access Protocol