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Acronyms
ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
BFD – Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
BPDU - Bridge Protocol Data Unit
GW – Gateway
IC – Insight Control
IMC – Intelligent Management Center
IRF – Intelligent Resilient Framework
LACP – Link Aggression Control Protocol
LACPDU – Link Aggression Control Protocol Data Unit
LLDP – Link-Layer Discovery Protocol
MAC – Media Access Control
MAD – Multi-Active Detection
OA – Onboard Administrator
SSH – Secure Shell
STP – Spanning Tree Protocol
SUS – Shared Uplink Set
VC – Virtual Connect
VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
VM – Virtual Machine
vPC – Virtual Port Channel
VSS – Virtual Switching System
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