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CCIE Vocab
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1. A method for how a TCP sender grows its calculated CWND variable - thereby growing the allowed window for the connection. Slow Start grows CWND at an exponential rate.
Slow Start
PAP
Multicast Open Shortest Path First
IP Precedence
2. Custom queuing
TTL scoping
CQ
multicast state information
SAFE Blueprint
3. In IPv6 - the Neighbor Discovery message used by an IPv6 node to send information about itself to its neighbors.
Voice over Frame Relay
quartet
Neighbor Advertisement
802.1Q-in-Q
4. In the PIM-SM design - the process by which a PIM-SM router can build the SPT between itself and the source of a multicast group and take advantage of the most efficient path available from the source to the router as long as it has one directly conn
shortest-path tree switchover
LSU
solicited node multicast
authentication
5. In MPLS - the mapping of an IP prefix and a label - which is then advertised to neighbors using LDP.
provider edge
label binding
DHCP snooping binding database
poison reverse
6. An NTP mode in which an NTP host does not adjust its clock - but in which it sends NTP messages to clients so that the clients can update their clocks based on the server's clock.
External BGP
NTP server mode
stub area
RTP header compression
7. An IP variable that defines the largest size allowed in an IP packet - including the IP header. IP hosts must support an MTU of at least 576 bytes.
MIB
maximum transmission unit
Inverse ARP
E3
8. The rate at which a shaper limits the bits exiting the shaper.
Extended Superframe
RARP
Layer x PDU
shaping rate
9. A bit in the ATM cell header that - when set to 1 - means that if a device needs to discard frames - it should discard the frames with DE 1 first.
Network Address Translation
Cell Loss Priority
FEC
shaped mode
10. Each 802.11 station passively monitors each RF channel for a specific amount of time and listens for beacons. Stations use the signal strengths of found beacons to determine the access point or ad hoc network with which to attempt association.
confederation identifier
NTP server mode
NLPID
passive scanning
11. Data Terminal Ready.
DTR
Superframe
GLBP
Multilayer Switching
12. A type of OSPF packet used to acknowledge LSU packets.
Link-State Acknowledgment
one-time password
GRE
CBAC
13. Often used synonymously with neighbor - but with emphasis on the fact that all required parameters match - allowing routing updates to be exchanged between the routers.
VoFR
component route
adjacency (EIGRP)
Hello (EIGRP)
14. Virtual circuit.
VC
E3
User Priority
solicited node multicast
15. The RMON function of sending a notification to an RMON collector or the console. Triggered by an RMON event.
Multilink PPP
RMON alarm
PIM-SM
IGMPv2 Host Membership Query
16. A set of QoS RFCs that redefines the IP header's ToS byte - and suggests specific settings of the DSCP field and the implied QoS actions based on those settings.
mark probability denominator
Context-Based Access Control
Differentiated Services
IP forwarding
17. The first 48 bits of an IPv6 global address - used for efficient route aggregation.
one-time password
global routing prefix
Multilink PPP
SNMP agent
18. Customer edge.
CE
BGP
Slow Start Threshold
process switching
19. IP Control Protocol.
DUAL
IPCP
IGMPv2 Host Membership Query
PVC
20. In SNMP - the process of a manager using successive GetNext and GetBulk commands to discover the exact MIB structure supported by an SNMP agent. The process involves the manager asking for each successive MIB leaf variable.
Dynamic ARP Inspection
MIB walk
Layer 2 payload compression
IP prefix list
21. A BGP term referring to an IP prefix and prefix length.
SF
VLAN
CS
network layer reachability information
22. An EIGRP message that informs neighbors about routing information. Update messages require an Ack.
spread spectrum
Update (EIGRP)
active scanning
6to4
23. A Cisco-proprietary messaging protocol used to negotiate the dynamic creation of PortChannels (EtherChannels) and to choose which ports can be placed into an EtherChannel.
DD
BPDU Guard
BSR
Port Aggregation Protocol
24. The All OSPF DR Routers multicast IP address - listened for by DR and BDR routers.
transit network (OSPF)
224.0.0.6
expedite queue
active mode FTP
25. Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. A convention often used as the data link protocol over Cable in which Ethernet is used as the data link protocol - but with PPP being encapsulated inside Ethernet. The combination gives the data link features of
variance
PPPoE
Router-Port Group Management Protocol
network layer reachability information
26. A component that interfaces with a phone using IP and provides connections to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
IP PBX
All OSPF Routers
hello interval
RITE
27. In the context of SNMP - the Set command is sent by an SNMP manager - to an agent - requesting that the agent set a single identified variable to the stated value. The main purpose is to allow remote configuration and remote operation - such as shutt
prefix list
Set (SNMP)
BDR
pulse code modulation
28. Message sent by a PIM-DM router to its upstream router asking to quickly restart forwarding the group traffic; sent using the unicast address of the upstream router.
token bucket
Graft message
strict priority
DMVPN
29. Enhances RP redundancy by providing a method for RPs to exchange multicast source information - even between multicast domains.
VTP pruning
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
WFQ
priority queuing
30. A WRED process by which WRED does not discard packets during times in which a queue's minimum threshold has not been passed.
RMON event
Data Carrier Detect
OAM
no drop
31. Modular QoS CLI.
LSU
Neighbor Type
MQC
VLAN Trunking Protocol
32. 64 bits at the end of an IPv6 global address - used to uniquely identify each host in a subnet.
interface ID
DSCP-to-threshold map
priority (OSPF)
IP Precedence
33. Weighted round-robin.
WRR
maximum reserved bandwidth
TACACS+
provider router
34. An Internet standard authentication protocol that uses secure hashes and a three-way handshake to perform authentication over a PPP link.
Multiple Spanning Trees
Assured Forwarding
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Data Terminal Ready
35. Alarm Indication Signal. With T1s - the practice of sending all binary 1s on the line in reaction to problems - to provide signal transitions and allow recovery of synchronization and framing.
marking down
Per-Hop Behavior
IGMPv2 Host Membership Query
AIS
36. Alternate name for the SPF algorithm - named for its inventor - Edsger W. Dijkstra.
shortest-path tree switchover
Dijkstra Algorithm
Root Guard
power-save mode
37. Jargon used to refer to the first of two buckets in the dual token bucket model; its size is Bc.
Label Forwarding Information Base
CST
Bc bucket
Link Control Protocol
38. The range 233.0.0.0 through 233.255.255.255 that IANA has reserved (RFC 2770) on an experimental basis. It can be used by anyone who owns a registered autonomous system number to create 256 global multicast addresses.
peak information rate
GLOP addressing
private VLAN
Query (EIGRP)
39. The feature in a Cisco IOS device by which a terminal session's previously typed commands are remembered - allowing the user to recall the old commands to the command line through a simple key sequence (for example - the up-arrow key).
stateful autoconfiguration
multicast MAC address
MLS
terminal history
40. An event in which a new packet arrives - needing to be placed into a queue - and the queue is full
administrative weight
Response (SNMP)
tail drop
DHCP
41. Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation.
source-based distribution tree
aggregatable global unicast address
NAT-PT
maximum reserved bandwidth
42. Edge LSR.
disabled state
DR election (OSPF)
Extended Superframe
E-LSR
43. The process by which neighboring OSPF routers examine their Hello messages and elect the DR. The decision is based on priority (highest) - or RID (highest) if priority is a tie.
upstream router
Goodbye (EIGRP)
Time to Live
DR election (OSPF)
44. A message sent by the multicast router - by default every 60 seconds - on each of its LAN interfaces to determine whether any host wants to receive multicast traffic for any group.
D4 framing
CBWFQ
fast switching
IGMPv1 Host Membership Query
45. Neighbor Solicitation.
switched virtual circuit
NS
ad hoc mode
NAT
46. In MQC and CB Policing - a configuration style by which - for one category of packets (conform - exceed - or violate) - more than one marking action is defined for a single category. For example - marking DSCP and DE.
NS
Smoothed Round-Trip Time
MIB
multi-action policing
47. An early standard from AT&T for encoding analog voice as a digital signal for transmission over a TDM network. PCM requires 64 kbps - and is the basis for the DS0 speed.
Multi-VRF CE
QV
pulse code modulation
EF
48. A set of four hex digits listed in an IPv6 address. Each quartet is separated by a colon.
classful routing
MD5
quartet
BGP
49. An 802.1d STP transitory port state in which the port does not send or receive frames - but does learn the source MAC addresses from incoming frames.
learning state
hardware queue
distribution list
Enhanced Local Management Interface
50. Aka receiver's advertised window.
IP forwarding
advertised window
single-rate - three-color policer
Neighbor Advertisement