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Acronyms

Acronyms

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Table B-1 provides key terminology acronyms used in Data Center Interconnect technologies.

Table B-1 Acronyms

ACE	Application Control Engine
DCI	Data Center Interconnect
DWDM	Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
FC	Fibre Channel
FCP	Fiber Channel Protocol
FCIP	Fibre Channel over IP
FHRP	First Hop Redundancy Protocol
FW	Firewall
GSS	Global Site Selector
HSRP	Hot Standby Routing Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network
MAC	Media Access Controller
MAN	Metro Area Network
Nexus 1000v	Nexus 1000 virtual switch
Nexus 7K	Nexus 7000 Data Center switch
OTV	Overlay Transport Virtualization
SAN	Storage Area Network
STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
UCS	Unified Computing System
VDC	Virtual Device Context
VEM	Virtual Ethernet Module
VSM	Virtual Switch Module
VIP	Virtual IP address
VSG	Virtual Security Gateway
VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
VM	Virtual Machine
VNMC	Virtual Network Management Center
vPC	Virtual Port Channel
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VWM	Virtualized Workload Mobility