| CP_VSI | Control Plane Virtual Station Interface |
| EMPR | Embedded Management Processor Reset |
| eSwitch | Ethernet controller's embedded switch. Sometimes referred to as Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB). |
| FDB | Forwarding Database |
| GENEVE | Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation |
| GLOBR | Global Reset |
| GRETAP | Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) OSI layer 2 tunnel |
| GTP | GPRS Tunnelling Protocol |
| L2TPV3 | Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol Version 3 |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
| OVS | Open Virtual Switch OVS. Sometimes referred to as vSwitch. |
| PF | Physical Function |
| PFR | Physical Function Reset |
| PF_VSI | Physical Function Virtual Station Interface |
| PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
| PR | Port Representor |
| QFI | QoS Flow ID |
| RSS | Receive Side Scaling |
| TEID | Tunnel Endpoint Identifier |
| UL_PR | Uplink Port Representor |
| VEB | Virtual Ethernet Bridge. Sometimes referred to as eSwitch. |
| VF | Virtual Function |
| VF_PR | Virtual Function Port Representor |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VNI | Virtual Network Identifier |
| VSI | Virtual Station Interface |
| vSwitch | Virtual switch. Sometimes referred to as Open Virtual Switch (OVS). |
| VXLAN | Virtual Extensible LAN |