| ACI |
Application Centric Infrastructure |
| AD |
Active Directory |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| APIC |
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller |
| ASN |
Autonomous System Number |
| AURA |
Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
| BMC |
Baseboard Management Controller |
| CEF |
Cisco Express Forwarder |
| CIMC |
Cisco Integrated Management Controller |
| CISS |
Computing Information Services South |
| CLI |
Command-line interface |
| CTIO |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| CLOS |
Topology created by Charles CLOS |
| DB |
Database |
| DWDM |
Dense-Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| EVPN |
Ethernet Virtual Private Network |
| EIGRP |
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| HA |
High Availability |
| HDD |
Hard-Drive Disk |
| HLD |
High-Level Design |
| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IS-IS |
Intermediate System to intermediate System |
| ISE |
Identity Service Engine |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IPMI |
Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
| LACP |
Link Aggregation Protocol |
| LHN |
Long Haul Network |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LLD |
Low-Level Design |
| LSST |
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
| MIB |
Management Information Base |
| NAT |
Network Address Translation |
| NETCONF |
Network Configuration Protocol |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NOAO |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
| OOB |
Out of band |
| RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
| POE |
Power Over Ethernet |
| OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
| SFP |
Small Form-Factor Pluggable |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SNR |
Signal to noise ratio |
| SSH |
Secure Shell |
| SSID |
Service Set Identifier |
| TACACS |
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
| VLAN |
Virtual local area network |
| VXLAN |
Virtual Extensible Local Area Network |