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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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G L O S S A R Y
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A
AAA
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting. The three primary services required by a network
access server for managing subscribers.
ACL
Access Control List
ACO
Audible cutoff button—stops an external audible alarm
B
BBA
Broadband Aggregation. This term is used to refer to the dynamic binding of subscribers to revenue
generating services.
BITS
Building Integrated Timing Source
Blank filler plate
An empty panel used to fill vacant subslots on a SIP. For proper operation, a SIP should be fully
installed with either functional SPAs or blank filler plates
BLT
Bandwidth Limited Traffic Stream. Used in the QOS context.
BootROM
Boot read-only memory.
C
CI
Cluster Interconnect.
Cisco IOS XE
The operating system used to run the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. Cisco IOS XE is released using
consolidated packages and uses the same command-line interface as traditional Cisco IOS.
Cisco ASR1000-RP
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor (RP1 and RP2) addresses the route-processing
requirements of carrier-grade IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet infrastructures. It
provides advanced routing capabilities and also monitors and manages the other components in the
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router.
Cisco ASR1000-SIPs
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP provides the physical termination for the SPAs and accepts up to four
half-height and two full height Cisco SPAs, supporting Ethernet, ATM, Packet over SONET/SDH
(PoS), and Serial interfaces.
CAC
Call Admission Control. This is the set of actions taken by a network during the set-up phase of a call
event to determine whether the event should be accepted or rejected.
