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Study Faster Study Smarter Save Time.Save Money 640-604 Switching 3.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables Introduction The Campus Network 1.1 The Traditional Campus Network 1.1.1 Collisions 1.1.2 Bandwidth 1.1.3 Broadcasts and Multicasts 1.2 The New Campus Network 1.3 The 80/20 Rule and the New 20/80 Rule 1.4 Switching Technologies 1.4.1 Open Systems Interconnection Model 1.4.1.1 Data Encapsulation 1.4.1.2 Layer Switching 1.4.1.3 Layer Switching 1.4.1.4 Layer Switching 1.4.1.5 Multi-Layer Switching (MLS) 1.4.2 The Cisco Hierarchical Model 1.4.2.1 Core Layer 1.4.2.2 Distribution Layer 1.4.2.3 Access Layer 1.5 Modular Network Design 1.5.1 The Switch Block 1.5.2 The Core Block 1.5.2.1 Collapsed Core 1.5.2.2 Dual Core 1.5.2.3 Core Size 1.5.2.4 Core Scalability 1.5.2.5 Layer Core Basic Switch and Port Configuration 2.1 Network Technologies 2.1.1 Ethernet 2.1.1.1 Ethernet Switches 2.1.1.2 Ethernet Media 2.1.2 Fast Ethernet 2.1.3 Gigabit Ethernet 2.1.4 10Gigabit Ethernet -2- 640-604 Switching 3.0 2.1.5 Token Ring 2.2 Connecting Switches 2.2.1 Console Port Cables and Connectors 2.2.2 Ethernet Port Cables and Connectors 2.2.3 Gigabit Ethernet Port Cables and Connectors 2.2.4 Token Ring Port Cables and Connectors 2.3 Switch Management 2.3.1 Switch Naming 2.3.2 Password Protection 2.3.3 Remote Access 2.3.4 Inter-Switch Communication 2.3.5 Switch Clustering and Stacking 2.4 Switch Port Configuration 2.4.1 Port Description 2.4.2 Port Speed 2.4.3 Ethernet Port Mode 2.4.4 Token Ring Port Mode Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Trunking 3.1 VLAN Membership 3.2 Extent of VLANs 3.3 VLAN Trunks 3.3.1 VLAN Frame Identification 3.3.2 Dynamic Trunking Protocol 3.3.3 VLAN Trunk Configuration 3.4 VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) 3.4.1 VTP Modes 3.4.1.1 Server Mode 3.4.1.2 Client Mode 3.4.1.3 Transparent Mode 3.4.2 VTP Advertisements 3.4.2.1 Summary Advertisements 3.4.2.2 Subset Advertisements 3.4.2.3 Client Request Advertisements 3.4.3 VTP Configuration 3.4.3.1 Configuring a VTP Management Domain 3.4.3.2 Configuring the VTP Mode 3.4.3.3 Configuring the VTP Version 3.4.4 VTP Pruning 3.5 Token Ring VLANs -3- 640-604 Switching 3.0 3.5.1 TrBRF 3.5.2 TrCRF 3.5.3 VTP and Token Ring VLANs 3.5.4 Duplicate Ring Protocol (DRiP) Redundant Switch Links 4.1 Switch Port Aggregation with EtherChannel 4.1.1 Bundling Ports with EtherChannel 4.1.2 Distributing Traffic in EtherChannel 4.1.3 Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) 4.1.4 EtherChannel Configuration 4.2 Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) 4.3 Spanning-Tree Communication 4.3.1 Root Bridge Election 4.3.2 Root Ports Election 4.3.3 Designated Ports Election 4.4 STP States 4.5 STP Timers 4.6 Convergence 4.6.1 PortFast: Access Layer Nodes 4.6.2 UplinkFast: Access Layer Uplinks 4.6.3 BackboneFast: Redundant Backbone Paths 4.7 Spanning-Tree Design 4.8 STP Types 4.8.1 Common Spanning Tree (CST) 4.8.2 Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST) 4.8.3 Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) Trunking with ATM LAN Emulation (LANE) 5.1 ATM 5.1.1 The ATM Model 5.1.2 Virtual Circuits 5.1.3 ATM Addressing 5.1.3.1 VPI/VCI Addresses 5.1.3.2 NSAP Addresses 5.1.4 ATM Protocols 5.2 LAN Emulation (LANE) 5.2.1 LANE Components -4- 640-604 Switching 3.0 5.2.2 LANE Operation 5.2.3 Address Resolution 5.2.4 LANE Component Placement 5.2.5 LANE Component Redundancy (SSRP) 5.3 LANE Configuration 5.3.1 Configuring the LES and BUS 5.3.2 Configuring the LECS 5.3.3 Configuring Each LEC 5.3.4 Viewing the LANE Configuration InterVLAN Routing 6.1 InterVLAN Routing Design 6.1.1 Routing with Multiple Physical Links 6.1.2 Routing over Trunk Links 6.1.2.1 802.1Q and ISL Trunks 6.1.2.2 ATM LANE 6.2 Routing with an Integrated Router 6.3 InterVLAN Routing Configuration 6.3.1 Accessing the Route Processor 6.3.2 Establishing VLAN Connectivity 6.3.2.1 Establishing VLAN Connectivity with Physical Interfaces 6.3.2.2 Establishing VLAN Connectivity with Trunk Links 6.3.2.3 Establishing VLAN Connectivity with LANE 6.3.2.4 Establishing VLAN Connectivity with Integrated Routing Processors 6.3.3 Configure Routing Processes 6.3.4 Additional InterVLAN Routing Configurations Multilayer Switching (MLS) 7.1 Multilayer Switching Components 7.2 MLS-RP Advertisements 7.3 Configuring Multilayer Switching 7.4 Flow Masks 7.5 Configuring the MLS-SE 7.5.1 MLS Caching 7.5.2 Verifying MLS Configurations 7.5.3 External Router Support 7.5.4 Switch Inclusion Lists -5- 640-604 Switching 3.0 7.5.5 Displaying MLS Cache Entries Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) 8.1 CEF Components 8.1.1 Forwarding Information Base (FIB) 8.1.2 Adjacency Tables 8.2 CEF Operation Modes 8.3 Configuring Cisco Express Forwarding 8.3.1 Configuring Load Balancing for CEF 8.3.1.1 Per-Destination Load Balancing 8.3.1.2 Per-Packet Load Balancing 8.3.2 Configuring Network Accounting for CEF The Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) 9.1Traditional Redundancy Methods 9.1.1 Default Gateways 9.1.2 Proxy ARP 9.1.3 Routing Information Protocol (RIP) 9.1.4 ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) 9.2 Hot Standby Router Protocol 9.2.1 HSRP Group Members 9.2.2 Addressing HSRP Groups Across ISL Links 9.3 HSRP Operations 9.3.1 The Active Router 9.3.2 Locating the Virtual Router MAC Address 9.3.3 Standby Router Behavior 9.3.4 HSRP Messages 9.3.5 HSRP States 9.4 Configuring HSRP 9.4.1 Configuring an HSRP Standby Interface 9.4.2 Configuring HSRP Standby Priority 9.4.3 Configuring HSRP Standby Preempt 9.4.4 Configuring the Hello Message Timers 9.4.5 HSRP Interface Tracking 9.4.6 Configuring HSRP Tracking 9.4.7 HSRP Status 9.5 Troubleshooting HSRP 10 Multicasts -6- 640-604 Switching 3.0 10.1 Unicast Traffic 10.2 Broadcast Traffic 10.3 Multicast Traffic 10.4 Multicast Addressing 10.4.1 Multicast Address Structure 10.4.2 Mapping IP Multicast Addresses to Ethernet 10.4.3 Managing Multicast Traffic 10.4.4 Subscribing and Maintaining Groups 10.4.4.1 IGMP Version 10.4.4.2 IGMP Version 10.4.5 Switching Multicast Traffic 10.5 Routing Multicast Traffic 10.5.1 Distribution Trees 10.5.2 Multicast Routing Protocols 10.5.2.1 Dense Mode Routing Protocols 10.5.2.2 Sparse Mode Routing Protocols 10.6 Configuring IP Multicast 10.6.1 Enabling IP Multicast Routing 10.6.2 Enabling PIM on an Interface 10.6.2.1 Enabling PIM in Dense Mode 10.6.2.2 Enabling PIM in Sparse Mode 10.6.2.3 Enabling PIM in Sparse-Dense Mode 10.6.2.4 Selecting a Designated Router 10.6.3 Configuring a Rendezvous Point 10.6.4 Configuring Time-To-Live 10.6.5 Debugging Multicast 10.6.6 Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) 10.6.7 Configuring Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) 11 Controlling Access in the Campus Environment 11.1 Access Policies 11.2 Managing Network Devices 11.2.1 Physical Access 11.2.2 Passwords 11.2.3 Privilege Levels 11.2.4 Virtual Terminal Access 11.3 Access Layer Policy 11.4 Distribution Layer Policy 11.4.1 Filtering Traffic at the Distribution Layer -7- 640-604 Switching 3.0 11.4.2 Controlling Routing Update Traffic 11.4.3 Configuring Route Filtering 11.5 Core Layer Policy 12 Monitoring and Troubleshooting 12.1 Monitoring Cisco Switches 12.1.1 Out-of-Band Management 12.1.1.1 Console Port Connection 12.1.1.2 Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) 12.1.2 In-Band Management 12.1.2.1 SNMP 12.1.2.2 Telnet Client Access 12.1.2.3 Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) 12.1.3 Embedded Remote Monitoring 12.1.4 Switched Port Analyzer 12.1.5 CiscoWorks 2000 12.2 General Troubleshooting Model 12.2.1 Troubleshooting with show Commands 12.2.2 Physical Layer Troubleshooting 12.2.3 Troubleshooting Ethernet 12.2.3.1 Network Testing 12.2.3.2 The Traceroute Command 12.2.3.3 Network Media Test Equipment -8- 640-604 Switching 3.0 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.1: TABLE 2.1: TABLE 2.2: TABLE 2.3: TABLE 2.4: TABLE 5.1: TABLE 7.1: TABLE 8.1: TABLE 10.1: TABLE 11.1: TABLE 12.1: TABLE 12.2: TABLE 12.3: TABLE 12.4: TABLE 12.5: OSI Encapsulation Coaxial Cable for Ethernet Twisted-Pair and Fiber Optic Cable for Ethernet Fast Ethernet Cabling and Distance Limitations Gigabit Ethernet Cabling and Distance Limitations Automatic NSAP Address Generation for LANE Components Displaying Specific MLS Cache Entries Adjacency Types for Exception Processing Well-Known Class D Addresses Access Policy Guidelines Keywords and Arguments for the set snmp trap Command CiscoWorks 2000 LAN Management Features Ethernet Media Problems Parameters for the ping Command Parameters for the traceroute Command -9- ... used to connect the buildings together As more users were attached to the hubs used in the Ethernet network, performance of the network became extremely slow Availability and performance are the. .. happens, the Network layer adds routing information to the packet It then passes the packet on to the Data Link layer for framing and for connection to the Physical layer The Physical layer sends the. .. because there is no modification to the data packet, only to the frame encapsulation of the packet, and only when the data packet is passing through dissimilar media, such as from Ethernet to FDDI