I agree that Versatile Interface Processor is the common usage, but if you
look up VIP in the Cisco Press Internetworking Technologies Handbook, it
actually refers to Vines Internetwork Protocol :-)
And if you search for "VIP" on CCO, you get a lot of hits for the Cisco 30
VIP, which would appear to be "a first-generation, full-featured IP
telephone for executives and managers". Otherwise referred to as a "voice
instrument" (what's wrong with "telephone" anyway? A "voice instrument"
sounds like a tenor or something similar to me).
When I looked VIP up on an online acronym dictionary, it came back with
"Variable Information Processing" and the well-known OSI layer 8 concept
"Very Important Person".
So... what was the context again? ;-)
JMcL
----- Forwarded by Jenny Mcleod/NSO/CSDA on 30/08/2001 02:02 pm -----
"Circusnuts"
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01:03
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Please
respond
to
"Circusnuts"
It's the Versatile Interface Processor option. These are used for local
processing in the 75xx routers & I are much the same theory as a CAM
(Carrier Access Module) in the LS1010's. If you have a VIP installed the
actual processing takes place on the shelf (locally). Port adapters slide
into the VIP, giving you local processing of say a FE, ATM, or even an
Encryption accelerator. The best example I can think of is with ATM.
There
was a module installed a couple of years ago called an AIP. The AIP was
the
ATM Interface Processor. It took up the entire shelf & used the 75xx's
back
plane to connect to the RSP (Route Switch Processor). When the VIP's were
released, you then could save your RSP processes by using a VIP & an ATM PA
(port adapter). Basically- the VIP & RSP upgrades have extended the 75xx's
shelf life.
Make any sense ???
All the best
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hyde, Lori"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: VIP [7:17775]
> Hi All,
> I've seen this acromym described as a "Versatile Interface Processor"
and
> as a "Virtual IP". What is it "really"?
> And when and where is it used?
>
> Thanks!!
> Lori
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