| This book is meant to be used as a tool in your day-to-day tasks as a network administrator, engineer, consultant, or student. As such, we have avoided presenting a large amount of instructional information or theory on the operation of features or commands. That is better handled in other textbooks that are dedicated to a more limited subject matter. Instead, the book is divided into chapters that present quick facts, configuration steps, and explanations of configuration options for each Cisco Catalyst switch feature. The chapters are as follows: Chapter 1: CLI Usage Presents the difference in the COS and IOS operating systems and command-line interface. Chapter 2: Switch Functionality Describes LAN switches and how to design a switch campus network. Chapter 3: Supervisor Engine Configuration Explains how to configure switch prompts, IP addresses, passwords, switch modules, file management, and administrative protocols. Chapter 4: Layer 2 Interface Configuration Describes configuration of Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, EtherChannel, Token Ring, and ATM LANE interfaces. Chapter 5: Layer 3 Interface Configuration Explains how Layer 3 interfaces are used in a switch. Chapter 6: VLANs and Trunking Presents VLAN configuration, private VLANs, trunking, VTP, and dynamic port membership. Chapter 7: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Discusses STP operation, configuration, and tuning. Chapter 8: Multilayer Switching Explains how to configure and use Catalyst switch hardware for Layer 3 switching and redundancy. Chapter 9: Multicast Explains how a switch handles multicast traffic and interacts with multicast routers. Chapter 10: Accelerated Server Load Balancing Presents Catalyst 6000 features that streamline access to server and firewall farms. Chapter 11: Controlling Traffic and Switch Access Discusses broadcast suppression, protocol filtering, user authentication, port security, and VLAN access lists. Chapter 12: Switch Management Explains how to configure a switch for logging, SNMP and RMON management, port analysis (SPAN), power management, and connectivity testing. Chapter 13: Quality of Service Presents configuration of QoS theory and features in a switched network. Chapter 14: Voice Discusses specialized voice gateway modules, inline power, and QoS features needed to transport voice traffic. Appendix AD Present a cabling quick reference, well-known ports and addresses, specialized switch modules, and VLAN extension.
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