Acronyms and Initialisms

Table B-1 Acronyms and Initialisms

Term
Definition
AD
Active Directory
B2B
Business-to-Business
B2C
Business-to-Consumer
CDP
Cisco Discovery Protocol
CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
CPwE
Converged Plantwide Ethernet
CRD
Cisco Reference Design
CVD
Cisco Validated Design
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLR
Device Level Ring
DNS
Domain Name Server
HMI
Human Machine Interface
IACS
Industrial Automation and Control Systems
IDMZ
Industrial Demilitarized Zone
IES
Industrial Ethernet Switch
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IIoT
Industrial Internet of Things
L2NAT
Layer 2 NAT
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LLDP
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
MRP
Media Redundancy Protocol
MSTP
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
NAT
Network Address Translation
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
POE
Power over Ethernet
QOS
Quality of Service
REP
Resilient Ethernet Protocol
RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol
SVI
Switched Virtual Interface
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Networks