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Acronyms and Abbreviations
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M6100, M5300, and M7100 Series Managed Switches
MAC Media Access Control
Management
Interface
An external IP interface used to send and receive IP packets to configure and monitor
the device.
Management VLAN A VLAN configured to be used for management rather than control or data traffic.
MFDB Multicast Forwarding Database
MIB Management Information Base
MLAG Multi-chassis Link Aggregation
MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching: A standard involving IP quality.
MVR Multicast VLAN Registration
N/A not applicable
NSF Nonstop Forwarding
PAE Port Access Entity
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PIM-DM Protocol-Independent Multicast Dense mode
PIM-SM Protocol-Independent Multicast Sparse mode
Primary IP Address An IP address selected from the set of real interface addresses. One possible selection
algorithm is to always select the first address. VRRP advertisements are always sent
using the primary IP address as the source of the IP packet.
PoE Power over Ethernet. Corresponds to the IEEE 802.3AF standard which supports power
delivery of up to 15.4W per port.
PoE+ Power over Ethernet Plus. Corresponds to the IEEE 802.3AT standard which supports
power delivery of up to 34.2W per port.
PSE Power Sourcing Equipment
QoS Quality of Service
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
Routing Interface An IP interface whose physical ports are front panel ports and associated with a VLAN.
Packets received on a routing interface can be transmitted on a different VLAN than they
were received on.
SDM Switch Database Management
Service Port An IP interface on an Ethernet interface that is separate from the front panel ports. The
service port is dedicated to management. The service port has its own independent
interface to the IP stack. The service port is a host interface.
SM state machine
Table 249. Acronyms and Abbreviations (continued)
Acronym Definition