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Glossary

Glossary

AR

: Access Registrar. AR provides RADIUS services to DOCSIS cable modems for deployment of high-speed data services in a one-way cable plant requiring telco-return for upstream data.

CNR

: Cisco Network Registrar. A software product that provides IP addresses, configuration parameters, and DNS names to DOCSIS cable modems and PCs, based on network and service policies.

Configuration file

: A file containing configuration parameters for the DOCSIS cable modem.

CSRC

: Cisco Subscriber Registration Center. An integrated solution for data-over-cable service providers to configure and manage broadband modems, and enable and administer subscriber self-registration and activation.

DHCP

: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (RFC 2131). DHCP clients obtain their IP address assignments and other configuration information from DHCP servers.

DOCSIS

: Data-Over-Cable Systems Interface Specifications. Specifications written by leading North American cable operators, CableLabs, and their vendor representatives that provide a standard interface for cable modems.

: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 3 (RFC 2251). A protocol that enables access to a directory database.

: Modem Registrar. One of the suite of software products included in the Cisco Subscriber Registration Center (CSRC) product. MR is a policy-based cable modem management product that provides dynamic cable modem configuration.

NAS

: Netscape Application Server.

NDS

: Netscape Directory Server.

Response file

: A file that contains the values for parameters required to install the CSRC packages. The installer uses the values in the response file instead of prompting for the information.

SSL

: Secure Sockets Layer (version 3). A Netscape protocol that enables the exchange of certificates and the encryption of traffic between clients and servers.

: Trivial File Transfer Protocol version 2 (RFC 1350). TFTP clients obtain files from TFTP servers without the use of client authentication (for example, username and password).

uBR

: Universal Broadband Router (also known as the Cisco 7246 or 7223 router), which is the Cisco router implementation of a DOCSIS CMTS.

: User Registrar. One of the suite of software products included in the Cisco Subscriber Registration Center (CSRC) product. UR enables cable network subscribers to self-provision account registration, and to activate their cable modem and PC over the cable network using a Web user interface. User Registrar activates subscriber devices with account-appropriate privileges through updates to an LDAP directory.

Posted: Tue Nov 16 07:29:46 PST 1999
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