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transmitting CCM frames to a peer MEP.
CCM
CCM is an acronym for C ontinuity C heck M essage. It is a OAM frame transmitted from a MEP to it's peer MEP and
used to implement CC functionality.
CDP
CDP is an acronym for C isco D iscovery P rotocol.
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DEI
DEI is an acronym for D rop E ligible I ndicator. It is a 1-bit field in the VLAN tag.
DES
DES is an acronym for D ata E ncryption S tandard. It provides a complete description of a mathematical algorithm for
encrypting (enciphering) and decrypting (deciphering) binary coded information.
Encrypting data converts it to an unintelligible form called cipher. Decrypting cipher converts the data back to its
original form called plaintext. The algorithm described in this standard specifies both enciphering and deciphering
operations which are based on a binary number called a key.
DHCP
DHCP is an acronym for D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol. It is a protocol used for assigning dynamic IP
addresses to devices on a network.
DHCP used by networked computers (clients) to obtain IP addresses and other parameters such as the default
gateway, subnet mask, and IP addresses of DNS servers from a DHCP server.
The DHCP server ensures that all IP addresses are unique, for example, no IP address is assigned to a second client
while the first client's assignment is valid (its lease has not expired). Therefore, IP address pool management is done
by the server and not by a human network administrator.
Dynamic addressing simplifies network administration because the software keeps track of IP addresses rather than
requiring an administrator to manage the task. This means that a new computer can be added to a network without the
hassle of manually assigning it a unique IP address.
DHCP Relay
DHCP Relay is used to forward and to transfer DHCP messages between the clients and the server when they are not
on the same subnet domain.