About This Guide; Objective And Audience; Acronyms And Abbreviations - D-Link 5000 Series Cli Reference Manual

5000 Series Layer 2/3 Managed Data Center Switch CLI Reference Guide

About This Guide

Objective and Audience

The Command Line Interface (CLI) used to view and configure D-LINK OS software is explained in this
guide. The CLI can be accessed through the use of a direct connection to the serial port or by using telnet
or SSH via a remote network connection.
The intended audience for this guide includes system administrators who use D-LINK OS software to
configure and operate the systems they administer. The guide provides a comprehensive explanation of
the configuration options for the D-LINK OS software.
It is assumed that readers of this guide will have an understanding of the D-LINK OS software base and
will have read the appropriate specifications for the relevant networking device platform. It is further
assumed that readers will have basic knowledge of Ethernet and networking concepts.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The acronyms and abbreviations used in this guide are, in most cases, defined at their first use.
Acronym
ACE
ACL
AP
API
APPL
ASIC
ATM
BGP
C2W
CAMP
CAPI
CMOS
CPP
CPU
CRC
CSG
CWAN
CWPA
CWSLC
CWTLC
DBUS
DCM
Expansion
access control entry
access control list
access point
application programming interface
application
application-specific integrated circuit
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Border Gateway Protocol
WAN C2Wire
Cooperative Asymmetric Multiprocessing
card application program interface
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Control Plane Policing
central processing unit
cyclic redundancy check
Content Services Gateway
Constellation WAN
Constellation WAN port adapter
Constellation WAN SiByte Line Card1
Constellation WAN Toaster Line Card1
data bus
Digital Clock Managers
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