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| what are the 3 basic operations of a switch |
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Discovering MAC addresses
filtering or forward
Preventing loops |
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| what layer do Switches opeate at in the osi model? |
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| What is the name of the database a Switch builds? |
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| Filter Table - maps MAC adddresses to Ports |
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| Sends incoming frames to one port only, what is that called? |
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| Sends incoming frames to all ports in a switch, what is it called? |
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| What is the name of the bridge with the lowest aggregate root path cost? |
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| What does a Designated Bridge do? |
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| It is he only bridge on a LAN allowed to forward frames. |
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| What are the 3 switching methods used by Cisco? |
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| Store and Forward, Cut through, Fragment Free |
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| What technology allows a single Ethernet interface to handle multiple VlAN's? |
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| It is a protocol used between switches to simplify the management of VLANS's |
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| Server, client, transparent |
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| What can a switch do in VTP server mode? |
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| Create, modify or delete VLAN configuration parameters for the whole domain |
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| What can a switch do in VTP client mode? |
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| Receive VTP msgs, apply configuration changes |
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| What does a switch do in VTP transparent mode? |
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| Forwards VTP msgs. Can create, modify or delete VLAN's but the changes are local only. |
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| VLAN traffic that does not route through a switch is stopped. |
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| What are the 3 methods for assigning a switch port to a VLAN? |
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| Port-centic, static, dynamic |
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| describe Port-centric assignment? |
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| all nodes that are connected to ports within the same VLAN are given the VLAN ID |
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| Describe static VLAN configuration |
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| The ports on the switch are hard coded and remain in effect until the admin changes them. |
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| Describe dynamic VLAN configuration |
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| Ports are automatically determine assigned VLAN. Determined by the type of protocol, within a frame, MAC address and logical addressing |
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