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Acronyms and Abbreviations
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M6100, M5300, and M7100 Series Managed Switches
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
EAPOL Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
ECMP Equal Cost Multiple Paths
EEE Energy Efficient Ethernet (from the IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Task Force
and IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Study Group).
Host Interface An IP interface that is not a routing interface. Only locally-originated packets are sent on
a host interface. Only packets with a local destination are received. Host interfaces do
not participate in dynamic routing protocols.
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
IAS Internal Authentication Server
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
In-band Interface An IP interface that could be used for in-band management. Any IP interface other than
the Out-of-Band port.
IP Internet Protocol
IP Address Owner The VRRP router that has the virtual router’s IP address(es) as real interface
address(es). This is the router that, when up, will respond to packets addressed to one
of these IP addresses for ICMP pings, TCP connections, and so on
IP Interface An interface configured as an IP interface rather than a Layer 2 switching interface. An
IP interface must be assigned one or more IP addresses. Also called a Layer 3 interface.
IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
ISDP Industry Standard Discovery Protocol
ISID Initiator-defined session identifier
L2 Layer 2 (networking)
L3 Layer 3 (networking)
LAG Link Aggregation Group (IEEE standard)
LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Local Route A route to an attached subnet. A router creates a local route for each active,
locally-configured IP address and uses the local route to reach other stations on the
attached subnet.
LPI Low-power Idle
MAB MAC Authentication Bypass
Table 249. Acronyms and Abbreviations (continued)
Acronym Definition