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Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching

ISBN: B00007FYCI
EAN: N/A

Year: 2005
Pages: 223

Authors: Louis R. Rossi, Louis D. Rossi, Thomas Rossi, Tom Rossi

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• Cisco LAN Switching (CCIE Professional Development)
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• About the Technical Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Icons Used in This Book
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Objectives
• Audience
• Organization
• Features and Conventions
• Feedback
• Part I: Foundational Issues
• Chapter 1. Desktop Technologies
• Legacy Ethernet
• LAN Frames
• Fast Ethernet
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Token Ring
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Chapter 2. Segmenting LANs
• Why Segment LANs?
• Segmenting LANs with Repeaters
• Segmenting LANs with Bridges
• Segmenting LANs with Routers
• Segmenting LANs with Switches
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Chapter 3. Bridging Technologies
• Transparent Bridging
• Switching Modes
• Token Ring Bridging
• Token Ring Switching
• Ethernet or Token Ring?
• Migrating Token Ring to Ethernet
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Chapter 4. Configuring the Catalyst
• Catalyst 50006000 CLI Syntax Conventions
• Catalyst 5000 Configuration Methods
• Using the Catalyst 50006000 Command-Line Interface
• Catalyst Password Protection
• Catalyst Configuration File Management
• Catalyst Image File Management
• Redundant Supervisor Modules
• Configuring Other Catalysts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 5. VLANs
• What Is a VLAN?
• VLAN Types
• 802.1Q: VLANs and Vendor Interoperability
• Justifying the Need for VLANs
• Moving Users in VLANs
• Catalyst VLAN Configuration
• VMPS and Dynamic VLANs: Advanced Administration
• Protocol Filtering
• Review Questions
• Part II: Spanning Tree
• Chapter 6. Understanding Spanning Tree
• What Is Spanning Tree and Why Use Spanning Tree?
• Two Key Spanning-Tree Protocol Concepts
• Four-Step STP Decision Sequence
• Three Steps of Initial STP Convergence
• Five STP States
• Three STP Timers
• Mastering the show spantree Command
• Two Types of BPDUs
• Topology Change Process
• Using Spanning Tree in Real-World Networks
• Deterministic Root Bridge Placement
• All of This Per VLAN
• Exercises
• Chapter 7. Advanced Spanning Tree
• Typical Campus Design: A Baseline Network
• STP Behavior in the Baseline Network: A Spanning Tree Review
• Spanning Tree Load Balancing
• Fast STP Convergence
• Useful STP Display Commands
• Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus
• Disabling STP
• Tips and Tricks: Mastering STP
• Exercises
• Part III: Trunking
• Chapter 8. Trunking Technologies and Applications
• Why Trunks?
• Ethernet Trunks
• FDDI Trunks and 802.10 Encapsulation
• ATM Trunks
• Trunk Options
• Review Questions
• Chapter 9. Trunking with LAN Emulation
• A Brief ATM Tutorial
• LANE: Theory of Operation
• Configuration Concepts
• Configuration Syntax
• A Complete LANE Network
• Testing the LANE Configuration
• Advanced LANE Issues and Features
• Exercises
• Chapter 10. Trunking with Multiprotocol Over ATM
• Why Two ATM Modes?
• MPOA Components and Model
• MPOA Configuration
• Sample MPOA Configuration
• Troubleshooting an MPOA Network
• Ensuring the ELANs Are Functional between the Source and the Destination
• Review Questions
• Part IV: Advanced Features
• Chapter 11. Layer 3 Switching
• Layer 3 Switching Terminology
• The Importance of Routing
• Router-on-a-Stick
• The RSM
• When to Use the RSM
• MLS
• Switching Routers
• MLS versus 8500s
• Catalyst 6000 Layer 3 Switching
• HSRP
• Integration between Routing and Bridging
• Review Questions
• Chapter 12. VLAN Trunking Protocol
• Understanding VTP
• VTP Modes
• The Working Mechanics of VTP
• Configuring VTP Mode
• VTP Pruning: Advanced Traffic Management
• Review Questions
• Chapter 13. Multicast and Broadcast Services
• CGMPIGMP: Advanced Traffic Management
• IGMP Snooping: Advanced Traffic Management
• Broadcast Suppression: Advanced Traffic Management
• Review Questions
• Part V: Real-World Campus Design and Implementation
• Chapter 14. Campus Design Models
• Changing Traffic Patterns
• Campus Design Terminology
• Key Requirements of Campus Designs
• Advantages of Routing
• Campus Design Models
• General Recommendation: Multilayer Model
• Exercises
• Chapter 15. Campus Design Implementation
• VLANs
• Spanning Tree
• Load Balancing
• RoutingLayer 3 Switching
• ATM
• Campus Migrations
• Server Farms
• Additional Campus Design Recommendations
• Review Questions
• Chapter 16. Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting Philosophies
• Catalyst Troubleshooting Tools
• Logging
• Chapter 17. Case Studies: Implementing Switches
• The Design Scenario
• Should the Flat Earth Model Be Used?
• Design 1: Using MLS to Blend Layer 2 and Layer 3 Processing
• Design 2: Maximizing Layer 3 with Catalyst 8500 Switching Routers
• Summary
• Part VI: Catalyst 6000 Technology
• Chapter 18. Layer 3 Switching and the Catalyst 60006500s
• Catalyst 6000 Layer 2 Characteristics
• MSM Layer 3 Switching
• MSFC Hybrid Mode Layer 3 Switching
• MSFC Native IOS Mode Layer 3 Switching
• Native IOS Mode Configuration
• Useful Native IOS Mode Commands
• Review Questions
• Part VII: Appendix
• Appendix A. Answers to End of Chapter Exercises
• Answers to Chapter 1 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 2 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 3 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 4 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 5 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 6 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 6 Hands-On Lab
• Answers to Chapter 7 Review Questions
• Criteria for Chapter 7 Hands-on Lab
• Answers to Chapter 8 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 9 Review Questions
• Solution to Chapter 9 Hands-On Lab
• Answers to Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 11 Review Questions
• Answers to Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 13 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 14 Review Questions
• Solution to Chapter 14 Hands-On Lab
• Answers to Chapter 15 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 18 Review Questions
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