Glossary
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Device Manager Guide, Cisco ACE 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance
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H
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol. A networking protocol that provides network redundancy for IP
networks, ensuring that user traffic immediately and transparently recovers from first hop failures in
network edge devices or access circuits.
I
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol. Network layer Internet protocol that reports errors and provides
other information relevant to IP packet processing. Documented in RFC 792.
Internet Control
Message Protocol.
See ICMP.
interface
1. A network connection.
2. A connection between two systems or devices.
3. In telephony, a shared boundary defined by common physical interconnection characteristics, signal
characteristics, and meanings of interchanged signals.
L
load balancing
An action that spreads network requests among available servers within a cluster of servers, based on
a variety of algorithms.
M
MD5
Message Digest 5 or Message-Digest Algorithm. One of the possible encryption algorithms available
for use in SNMP communications.
MIB
Management Information Base. Database of network management information that is used and
maintained by a network management protocol, such as SNMP or CMIP. The value of a MIB object can
be changed or retrieved using SNMP or CMIP commands, usually through a GUI network management
system. MIB objects are organized in a tree structure that includes public (standard) and private
(proprietary) branches.
N
NAT
Name Address Translation. A method of connecting multiple computers to the Internet (or any other IP
network) using one IP address.
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