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CCIE Vocab
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1. Instead of advertising all routes out a particular interface - the routing protocol omits the routes whose outgoing interface field matches the interface out which the update would be sent.
sequence number (OSPF)
multicasting
authentication - authorization - and accounting
split horizon
2. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.
CHAP
ISATAP
confederation eBGP peer
E1
3. A BGP term referring to an IP prefix and prefix length.
ND
Dead Time/Interval
CE
network layer reachability information
4. The operating mode of shaped round-robin that provides behavior like CBWFQ with bandwidth allocated between different traffic classes by a relative amount rather than absolute percentage of the available bandwidth.
virtual link
Network Time Protocol
QV
shared mode
5. The portions of PPP focused on features that are related to specific Layer 3 protocols.
Network Control Protocol
Digital Signal Level 0
SLSM
confederation
6. Class-Based Marking.
CB Marking
SPAN
TTL
IEEE 802.1X
7. A term referring generically to a server that performs many AAA functions. It also refers to the software product Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
Access Control Server
Outside Local address
CBWFQ
VLAN
8. Slow Start Threshold.
SSThresh
multicasting
route redistribution
BGP Update
9. A reserved value for the BGP COMMUNITY path attribute that implies that the route should not be advertised to any other peer.
NO_ADVERT
VRRP
Virtual Routing and Forwarding table
mark probability denominator
10. Clear To Send.
CDP Control Protocol
CTS
monitor session
boot field
11. Any routing protocol that uses the concept of using the SPF algorithm with an LSDB to compute routes.
Retransmission Timeout
link-state routing protocol
DTIM interval
conform
12. A technology that enables frequency reuse. Two variants exist: frequency hopping (FHSS) and direct sequence (DSSS). Both techniques spread the signal power over a relatively wide portion of the frequency spectrum over time - to reduce interference be
spread spectrum
provider edge
Multiple Spanning Trees
NAT-PT
13. The specific frequency subband on which the radio card or access point is operating. The RF channel is set in the access point or ad hoc stations.
ORIGINATOR_ID
RF channel
route reflector server
DUAL
14. Neighbor Discovery Protocol.
Route Distinguisher
Multi-VRF CE
priority queuing
ND
15. In PIM-SM - the path of the group traffic that flows from the RP to the routers that need the traffic. It is also called the root-path tree (RPT) - because it is rooted at the RP.
auto-negotiation
shared distribution tree
Cisco Group Management Protocol
Area Border Router
16. The definitions for a particular set of data variables - with those definitions following the SMI specifications. See also SMI.
Management Information Base
Bipolar Violation
multicast IP address range
encapsulation replication
17. Superframe
Wireless LAN Threat Defense Solution
BOOTP
SF
designated router (PIM)
18. A network/subnet to which only one OSPF router is connected.
Inverse ARP
SVC
shaped round-robin
stub network (OSPF)
19. An E-LSR in an MPLS VPN network whose role in a particular discussion is to receive unlabeled packets over customer links and then forward the packets as labeled packets into the MPLS network.
request-to-send/clear-to-send
ingress PE
Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation
MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED)
20. A method of providing dynamically configured spoke-to-spoke VPN connectivity in a hub-and-spoke network that significantly reduces configuration required on the spoke routers compared to traditional IPsec VPN environments.
route reflector non-client
transit network (OSPF)
superior BPDU
Dynamic Multipoint VPN
21. In BGP - a feature in which BGP routes cannot be considered to be a best route to reach an NLRI unless that same prefix exists in the router's IP routing table as learned via some IGP.
synchronization
AS_PATH prepending
Update (EIGRP)
LOCAL_PREF
22. The router in a VRRP group that is currently actively forwarding IP packets. Conceptually the same as an HSRP Active router.
VRRP Master router
optional transitive
source-based distribution tree
DSR
23. The second most significant bit in the most significant byte of an Ethernet MAC address - a value of binary 0 implies that the address is a Universally Administered Address (UAA) (also known as Burned-In Address [BIA]) - and a value of binary 1 impli
Red Alarm
DSSS
TCP intercept
U/L bit
24. A name used for DS3 lines inside the European TDM hierarchy.
multicast state information
private VLAN
External BGP
E3
25. An EIGRP router's reaction to an input event - leading to the use of a feasible successor or going active on a route.
Maximum Segment Size
local computation
PPPoE
stuck-in-active
26. A NAT term describing an IP address representing a host that resides inside the enterprise network - with the address being used in packets inside the enterprise network.
Inside Local address
Neighbor Advertisement
AS_PATH
path attribute
27. In the context of SNMP - the Trap command is sent by an SNMP agent - to a manager - when the agent wants to send unsolicited information to the manager. Trap is not followed by a Response message from the receiving SNMP manager.
SNMP manager
Trap (SNMP)
summary route
classful routing
28. A protection against problems caused by unidirectional links between two switches. Uses messaging between switches to detect the loop - err-disabling the port when the link is unidirectional.
UniDirectional Link Detection
pulse code modulation
no drop
Dual FIFO
29. Inside telcos' original TDM hierarchy - the smallest unit of transmission at 64 kbps.
Digital Signal Level 0
backup state
RP
GLBP
30. Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation.
NAT-PT
PE
I/G bit
TKIP
31. With private VLANs - a secondary VLAN in which the ports can send and receive frames with each other - but not with ports in other secondary VLANS.
adjacency (EIGRP)
community VLAN
Inform
Neighbor Advertisement
32. A term referring to how a router views a BGP peer relationship - in which the peer is in another AS.
default route
CGMP
router ID
External BGP
33. A protocol - defined in RFC 2865 - that defines how to perform authentication between an authenticator (for example - a router) and an authentication server that holds a list of usernames and passwords.
network layer reachability information
Time Interval (Tc)
not-so-stubby area
RADIUS
34. Database Description.
IGMPv2 Leave
IGMPv3 Host Membership Report
DD
Bipolar Violation
35. A VC that is set up dynamically when needed. An SVC can be equated to a dial-on-demand connection in concept.
MIB
multipath
nested policy maps
switched virtual circuit
36. An 802.1w RSTP port state in which the port is not forwarding or receiving; covers 802.1d port states disabled - blocking - and listening.
point coordination function
direct sequence spread spectrum
discarding state
totally NSSA area
37. Ethernet process by which devices attached to the same cable negotiate their speed and the duplex settings over the cable.
MIB-II
auto-negotiation
Address Resolution Protocol
EGP
38. Shaped round-robin.
IP forwarding
CIDR
minimum threshold
SRR
39. IP Control Protocol.
IPCP
exponential weighting constant
DS0
adjacency (EIGRP)
40. Priority queue and priority queuing.
PQ
active (EIGRP)
IGMPv2 Host Membership Report
VTP
41. A Cisco-proprietary feature by which multiple routers can provide interface IP address redundancy so that hosts using the shared - virtual IP address as their default gateway can still reach the rest of a network even if one or more routers fail.
split horizon
EGP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
going active
42. A term referring to the MQC policy-map command and its related subcommands - which are used to apply QoS actions to classes of packets.
data terminal equipment
single-rate - three-color policer
policy map
Remote VLAN
43. The most significant bit in the most significant byte of an Ethernet MAC address - its value implies that the address is a unicast MAC address (binary 0) or not (binary 1).
I/G bit
neighbor (OSPF)
well-known discretionary
full drop
44. A calculation of the length of the AS_PATH PA - which includes 1 for each number in the AS_SEQ - 1 for an entire AS_SET segment - and possibly other considerations.
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
authentication server
Per-Hop Behavior
AS_PATH length
45. Variable-length subnet masking.
RTS/CTS
VLSM
shaped mode
LAPF
46. Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine.
WLSE
prefix
alternate mode
Multi-VRF CE
47. External BGP.
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Boot Protocol
eBGP
DiffServ
48. The process of taking routes known through one routing protocol and advertising those routes with another routing protocol.
HSRP
flash updates
Label Distribution Protocol
route redistribution
49. VTP process that prevents the flow of broadcasts and unknown unicast Ethernet frames in a VLAN from being sent to switches that have no ports in that VLAN.
route poisoning
VTP pruning
eBGP multihop
RADIUS
50. A Cisco-proprietary STP implementation - created many years before IEEE 802.1s and 802.1w - that speeds convergence and allows for one STP instance for each VLAN.
authentication method
Web Cache Communication Protocol
Virtual Routing and Forwarding table
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus