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A virtual interface that connects to a peer system. MLP bundles consist of multiple physical links.
MLP bundle
See Multilink PPP.
MP
Also referred to as modular CLI. A platform-independent CLI for configuring QoS features on Cisco
Modular QoS
products.
command-line
interface
See Multiprotocol Label Switching.
MPLS
MPLS-based virtual private network.
MPLS VPN
See modular QoS command-line interface.
MQC
Single packets copied by the network and sent to a specific subset of network addresses. These
multicast
addresses are specified in the Destination Address Field.
Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol, RFC 1990. Commonly abbreviated as MLP within Cisco; however,
Multilink PPP
the correct abbreviation is MP. This protocol is a method of splitting, recombining, and sequencing
datagrams across multiple logical data links.
Multipoint networks have three or more routers in the same subnet. For Dynamic Bandwidth Selection,
multipoint
if you put the PVC in a point-to-multipoint subinterface or in the main interface (which is multipoint
subinterface
by default), you need to either configure a static mapping or enable inverse Address Resolution
Protocol (ARP) for dynamic mapping.
Switching method that forwards IP traffic using a label. This label instructs the routers and the switches
Multiprotocol Label
in the network where to forward the packets based on preestablished IP routing information.
Switching
N
See network access server.
NAS
A QoS model that defines policies at two levels of hierarchy. See also hierarchical policies.
nested hierarchical
policy
A Cisco-proprietary IP statistics collection feature that collects information on IP flows passing
NetFlow
through a router.
Cisco platform (or collection of platforms) that interfaces between the packet world (for example, the
network access
server Internet) and the circuit world (for example, PSTN).
See Non-Volatile Random Access Memory.
NVRAM
The router uses this memory to store configuration information. The contents of this memory are not
Non-Volatile
lost after a reboot or power cycle of the unit.
Random Access
Memory
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