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Glossary
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Cisco Prime Network 4.0 User Guide
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carrier grade NAT A large-scale Network Address Translation (NAT) that provides translation of millions of private
IPv4 addresses to public IPv4 addresses.
CCM Change and Configuration Management provides tools that allow you to ma na ge the sof tware an d
device configuration changes that are made to devices in your network.
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data center A centralized repository, either physical or virtual for the storage, management, dissemination of data
and information organized around a particular manner. In other words, it is a facility used to house
computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is used to automate host configuration by assigning IP
addresses, delegating prefixes (in IPv6), and providing extensive configuration information to
network computers.
dynamic links The physical and logical links that exist between elements in the network. These links are discovered
by Prime Network using various protocols (such as STP, CDP, and LLDP).
dynamic templates Used to group configuration items, which are later applied to a group of subscribers. This template is
globally configured through the command line interface ( CL I).
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ePDG Secures the data transmission with a UE connected to the EPC over an untrusted non-3GPP access.
For this purpose, the ePDG acts as a termination node of IPsec tunnels established with the UE.
event In the context of network management, a discrete activity that occurred at a specific point in time.
E-LMI Ethernet Local Management Interface (E-LMI) is a protocol that operat es between the customer edge
(CE) network element and the provider edge (PE) network el emen t . Ethe rn et LMI i s a p rotoc ol
between the CE network element and the provider edge (PE) ne twor k el eme nt.
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FabricPath An innovation in Cisco NX-OS software that brings the stability and scalability of routing to Layer
2. It provides a foundation to build a scalable fabric—a network that itself looks like a single virtual
switch from the perspective of its users.
Foreign Agent A router on a mobile node’s visited network that provides routing services to the mobile node. The
FA acts as a mediator between the mobile node and it’s home agent (HA).