Review Questions

Review Questions

This section includes a variety of questions on the topic of campus design implementation. By completing these, you can test your mastery of the material included in this chapter as well as help prepare yourself for the CCIE written test.

1:

Early in this chapter, it was mentioned that you can determine the extent of a broadcast domain in a switched network without configuration files. How do you do it?

2:

Two Catalysts interconnect stations as shown in Figure 5-22. Station A cannot communicate with Station B. Why not? Example 5-8 provides additional information for the system.

Figure 5-22. Figure for Review Question 2

Example 5-8 Cat-A and Cat-B Configurations

 Cat-A > (enable) show vlan VLAN Name                             Status    Mod/Ports, Vlans ---- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------------------- 1    default                          active    1/1-2                                                   2/1-8 2    vlan2                            active    2/9-24 1002 fddi-default                     active    1003 token-ring-default               active    1004 fddinet-default                  active    1005 trnet-default                    active    Cat-B> (enable) show vlan VLAN Name                             Status    Mod/Ports, Vlans ---- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------------------- 1    default                          active    1/1-2                                                   2/9-24 2    vlan2                            active    2/1-8 1002 fddi-default                     active    1003 token-ring-default               active    1004 fddinet-default                  active    1005 trnet-default                    active    

3:

Again referring to Figure 5-22 and Example 5-8, can Station C communicate with Station D?

4:

Are there any Spanning Tree issues in Figure 5-22?

5:

Draw a logical representation of Figure 5-22 of the way the network actually exists as opposed to what was probably intended.

6:

Is there ever a time when you would bridge between VLANs?

7:

List the three components of dynamic VLANs using VMPS.