G L O S S A R Y - Cisco CRS-1 - Carrier Routing System Router Api Manual

A
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. A network security service that provides the primary
AAA
framework to set up access control on a Cisco CRS-1 Series router or access server. AAA is an
architectural framework and modular means of configuring three independent, but closely related
security functions in a consistent manner.
B
Border Gateway Protocol. A routing protocol used between autonomous systems. It is the routing
BGP
protocol that makes the internet work. BGP is a distance vector routing protocol that carries
connectivity information and an additional set of BGP attributes. These attributes allow for a rich set
of policies for deciding what the best route to reach a given destination is.
See BGP.
Border Gateway
Protocol
C
Command Line Interface
CLI
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORBA
Craft Works interface. Remote web-based monitoring, configuration, fault management, and
CWI
troubleshooting system for the Cisco CRS-1 Series router.
Common Object Request Broker Architecture. Specification which provides the standard interface
CORBA
definition between OMG-compliant objects. CORBA allows applications to communicate with one
another no matter where they are located or who has designed them.
E
See XML.
extensible markup
language
See EGP.
Exterior Gateway
Protocol
See eBGP.
external Border
Gateway Protocol
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