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Key terms
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The table below lists the key terms, acronyms, and abbreviations that are used
in this document.

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**Term/abbreviation**  **Definition**
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Neutron ML2 plugin     The Neutron Modular Layer 2 plugin. It is a framework
                       allowing OpenStack Networking to simultaneously
                       utilize the variety of Layer 2 networking technologies.
OVS                    Open vSwitch
VDS                    VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch
VM                     Virtual machine
vmware_dvs driver      The driver in the Neutron ML2 plugin which provides
                       interaction with dvSwitch on vCenter.
VMware DVS plugin      The plugin for Fuel that installs and configures
                       vmware_dvs driver on a Mirantis OpenStack environment.
VMware ESXi            Bare-metal hypervisor
VMware vCenter server  Central control point for VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere         VMware cloud computing virtualization operating system
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