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Glossary
GL-2
Cisco Prime Network 4.0 User Guide
OL-29343-01
C
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 manage the software and
device configuration changes that are made to devices in your network.
D
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 (CLI).
E
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 operates between the customer edge
(CE) network element and the provider edge (PE) network element. Ethernet LMI is a protocol
between the CE network element and the provider edge (PE) network element.
F
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).