| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AAA | Authentication, Authorization, Accounting |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| AD | Active Directory |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| AURA | Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| BMC | Baseboard Management Controller |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
| CIMC | Cisco Integrated Management Controller |
| CISS | Computing Information Services South |
| CLI | Command-line interface |
| CTIO | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| DB | Database |
| HA | High Availability |
| HDD | Hard-Drive Disk |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISE | Identity Service Engine |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IPMI | Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
| LACP | Link Aggregation Protocol |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| MAC | MAC Authentication Bypass |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| MnT | Monitoring and Troubleshooting Node |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
| OOB | Out of band |
| PAN | Policy Administration Node |
| PSN | Policy Service Node |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| TACACS | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
| VLAN | Virtual local area network |