Deciding What to Memorize

The amount of memorization you must undertake for an exam depends on how well you remember what you've read and how well you know the software by heart. If you're a visual thinker and can see the command-line interface in your head, you won't need to memorize as much as someone who's less visually oriented. However, the exam will stretch your abilities to memorize the theory behind the command line, such as design approaches, quality of service, and the protocols.

At a minimum, you'll want to memorize the following kinds of information:

  • Enterprise composite model for designing networks

  • STP functionality and deployment

  • Various switches and modules

  • VLAN trunking protocols and management

  • Redundancy and HSRP

  • Fast and Gigabit EtherChannels

  • IP telephony general design

If you work your way through this book while accessing the IOS interface as well as diagramming the topologies as they're discussed throughout, you should have little or no difficulty mastering this material. Also, don't forget that the Cram Sheet at the front of the book is designed to capture the material that's most important to memorize use it to guide your studies as well.



BCMSN Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 642-811)
CCNP BCMSN Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 642-811)
ISBN: 0789729911
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 171
Authors: Richard Deal

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