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CCIE Vocab
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1. An effort to reduce the query scope with EIGRP - using route summarization or EIGRP stub routers.
TDM hierarchy
limiting query scope (EIGRP)
PIR
Neighbor Advertisement
2. A TCP variable used as the basis for a TCP sender's timer defining how long it should wait for a missing acknowledgement before resending the data.
full update
classless routing
feasible successor
Measured Round-Trip Time
3. With RIP - the advertisement of a poisoned route out an interface - when that route was formerly not advertised out that interface due to split horizon rules.
LSA flooding
IGMPv2 Host Membership Report
poison reverse
Access Control Server
4. A queuing scheduler concept - much like CQ's scheduler - in which queues are given some service in sequence. This term is often used with queuing in Cisco LAN switches.
weighted round-robin
label binding
upstream router
prefix list
5. An NTP mode in which two or more NTP servers mutually synchronize their clocks.
Multi-VRF CE
E1 route (OSPF)
NTP symmetric active mode
Database Description
6. Autonomous System Boundary Router. An OSPF router that redistributes routes from some other source into OSPF.
broadcast subnet
DE
Multicast Open Shortest Path First
ASBR
7. Class of Service.
CoS
distribution list
iBGP
Multilayer Switching
8. The information maintained by a router for each multicast entry in its multicast routing table - such as incoming interface - outgoing interface list - Uptime timer - Expire timer - etc.
DE
Service Interworking
IGMP snooping
multicast state information
9. In switch port security - the process whereby the switch dynamically learns the MAC address(es) of the device(s) connected to a switch port - and then adds those addresses to the running configuration as allowed MAC addresses for port security.
Frame Relay Forum
sticky learning
BDR
adjacency table
10. From one multicast router's perspective - the upstream router is another router that has just forwarded a multicast packet to that router.
fragmentation
variable-length subnet masking
upstream router
Access Control Entry
11. 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
DROther
RP
PPP
PPPoE
12. From the perspective of one routing protocol - a route that was learned by using route redistribution.
DR election (OSPF)
external route
rendezvous point
P router
13. Any other router - sharing a common data link - with which a router exchanges Hellos - and for which the parameters in the Hello pass the parameter-check process.
Reverse ARP
Multilink PPP
label switched path
neighbor (OSPF)
14. Maximum transmission unit.
Excess
Ready To Send
Web Cache Communication Protocol
MTU
15. Protects against problems caused by unidirectional links between two switches. Watches for loss of received Hello BPDUs - in which case it transitions to a loop-inconsistent state instead of transitioning to a forwarding state.
DROther
adjacent (OSPF)
Inside Global address
Loop Guard
16. Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing.
broadcast subnet
CBWFQ
DMVPN
Dijkstra Algorithm
17. Label switched path.
LSP
route poisoning
CoS
cross-over cable
18. Neighbor Solicitation.
Access Control Entry
superior BPDU
NS
ABR
19. An STP timer that dictates how long a switch should wait when it ceases to hear Hellos.
Maxage timer (STP)
Forwarding Equivalence Class
marking down
totally NSSA area
20. An architecture and set of documents that defines Cisco's best recommendations for how to secure a network.
outer label
totally stubby area
SAFE Blueprint
PVC
21. Network Time Protocol.
AMI
NTP
route map
IP PBX
22. An optional transitive BGP path attribute used to store 32-bit decimal values. Used for flexible grouping of routes by assigning the group the same COMMUNITY value. Other routers can apply routing policies based on the COMMUNITY value. Used in a larg
Network Address Translation
COMMUNITY
DSL
Dijkstra Algorithm
23. Defines a particular wireless LAN. The SSID configured in the radio card must match the SSID in the access point before the station can connect with the access point.
Extended Superframe
service set identifier
RADIUS
exceed
24. Any occurrence that could change a router's EIGRP topology table - including a received Update or Query - a failed interface - or the loss of a neighbor.
input event
internal DSCP
IPv4
VTP pruning
25. Generic routing encapsulation.
IGMPv3 Host Membership Report
GRE
Wireless LAN Threat Defense Solution
UDLD
26. Inside telcos' original TDM hierarchy - a unit that combines multiple DS0s into a single channel
NS
Digital Signal Level 1
transit network (OSPF)
loopback circuitry
27. In IPv6 - an address used in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) process. The format for these addresses is FF02::1:FF00:0000/104 - and each IPv6 host must join the corresponding group for each of its unicast and anycast addresses.
RXBOOT
MPD
internal router (OSPF)
solicited node multicast
28. As defined in RFCs 2765 and 2766 - a method of translating between IPv4 and IPv6 that removes the need for hosts to run dual protocol stacks. NAT-PT is an alternative to tunneling IPv6 over an IPv4 network - or vice versa.
MPLS Experimental (EXP)
Remote VLAN
Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation
priority (OSPF)
29. A technology that sends a high-speed data stream over multiple subcarriers simultaneously. It is highly immune to multipath interference. 802.11a and 802.11g specify the use of OFDM.
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
CBAC
FD
same-layer interaction
30. 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.
BGP decision process
RTS/CTS
unicast MAC address
community VLAN
31. From a Layer 1 perspective - the process of using special strings of electrical signals over a transmission medium to inform the receiver as to which bits are overhead bits - and which fit into individual subchannels.
framing
discarding state
network layer reachability information
Digital Signal Level 0
32. With some routing protocols - the time period between successive Hello messages.
SVC
NAT-PT
route reflector non-client
hello interval
33. A type of spread spectrum that spreads RF signals over the frequency spectrum by transmitting the signal at different frequencies according to a hopping pattern. One of the original 802.11 physical layers used FHSS to offer data rates of 1 and 2 Mbps
DTR
sticky learning
frequency hopping spread spectrum
backbone area (OSPF)
34. A T1 alarm state that occurs when a device receives a Yellow Alarm signal. This typically means that the device on the other end of the line is in a Red Alarm state.
MLS
VLAN filtering
wireless LAN controller
Yellow Alarm
35. Cisco Express Forwarding.
configuration register
Per-Hop Behavior
CEF
DTP
36. A tunneling protocol that can be used to encapsulate many different protocol types - including IPv4 - IPv6 - IPsec - and others - to transport them across a network.
neighbor state
generic routing encapsulation
policing rate
sparse-mode protocol
37. A BGP path attribute that implies how the route was originally injected into some router's BGP table.
root port
UplinkFast
ORIGIN
FRF.9
38. A security standard that includes both TKIP and AES and was ratified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
forwarding state
Wi-Fi Protected Access
Boot Protocol
proxy ARP
39. Digital Signal Level 1.
DS1
RTS/CTS
Extended Superframe
AAAA
40. The Cisco IOS feature by which special short key sequences can be used to move the cursor inside the current command line to more easily change a command.
DHCP
Zone-based IOS firewall
enhanced editing
RID
41. 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
UplinkFast
route map
MRT
U/L bit
42. The innermost MPLS header in an packet traversing an MPLS VPN - with the label value identifying the forwarding details for the egress PE's VRF associated with that VPN.
Multicast Listener Discovery
VPN label
counting to infinity
external route
43. The range 232.0.0.0 through 232.255.255.255 that is allocated by IANA for SSM destination addresses and is reserved for use by source-specific applications and protocols.
link-state database
Border Gateway Protocol
TDP
source-specific addresses
44. On a serial cable - the pin lead set by the DCE to imply that the DCE is ready to signal using pin leads
client tracking
subnet zero
Data Set Ready
VRF table
45. Excess Burst.
Class-Based Marking
dense-mode protocol
software queue
Be
46. The multicast IP address 224.0.0.5 - listened for by all OSPF routers.
source-based distribution tree
QV
All OSPF Routers
MD5
47. A switch feature with which the switch watches ARP messages - determines if those messages may or may not be part of some attack - and filters those that look suspicious.
Out of Frame
Dynamic ARP Inspection
CDPCP
QoS pre-classification
48. A DiffServ PHB - based on DSCP EF (decimal 46) - that provides low-latency queuing behavior as well as policing protection to prevent EF traffic from starving queues for other types of traffic.
same-layer interaction
Port Aggregation Protocol
Expedited Forwarding
hardware queue
49. A term used with Cisco LAN switches - referring to a DSCP value used when making QoS decisions about a frame. This value may not be the actual DSCP value in the IP header encapsulated inside the frame.
network allocation vector
Maxage timer (STP)
optional nontransitive
internal DSCP
50. Voice over Frame Relay.
CHAP
access link
Digital Signal Level 0
VoFR