Exam 13: Advanced Switching Concepts

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____ links are switch-to-switch or switch-to-router links that can carry traffic from multiple VLANs.

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A VLAN may affect layer 3 logical addressing.

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The specification for STP is IEEE ____.

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How do ports on STP-enabled devices move through the different states?

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Describe some of the considerations when implementing hubs on a network with VLANs.

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Describe the two most common types of frame tagging.

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The VTP ____ option reduces the number of VTP updates that traverse a link.

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Before VLAN was an IEEE standard, early implementations depended on the switch vendor and on a method known as ____________________.

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Match each item with a statement below:
a group of network devices that will receive LAN broadcast traffic from each other
Frame tagging
the normal operating states of ports when the root bridge is available and all paths are functioning as expected
Broadcast domain
an IEEE standard governed as 802.1w
Transitory states
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a group of network devices that will receive LAN broadcast traffic from each other
Frame tagging
the normal operating states of ports when the root bridge is available and all paths are functioning as expected
Broadcast domain
an IEEE standard governed as 802.1w
Transitory states
a complex process that involved one table for each VLAN and a master table that was shared by all VLANs
Frame filtering
manage all of the configured VLANs that traverse trunks between switches
LAN emulation
a type of frame tagging
RSTP
a layer 2 link management protocol designed to prevent looping on bridges and switches
VLAN trunking protocol
prevent logical loops during a period of transition from one root bridge to another
STP
involves adding a four-byte field to the actual Ethernet frame to identify the VLAN and other pertinent information
Stable states
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Routers can implement ____, which increase inter-VLAN security.

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You can use the ____ command to gather information about a specific VLAN (instead of listing all VLANs).

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Switches default to VTP ____ mode, which means that they can add, rename, and delete VLANs and propagate those changes to the rest of the VTP devices.

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You can configure a name for each port on a switch.

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Compare dynamic vs. static VLANs.

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____ VLAN ports can automatically determine their VLAN configuration.

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Bridges use STP to transfer the information about each bridge's MAC address and priority number. The messages the devices send to one another are called ____.

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RSTP isn't backward-compatible to 802.1d, so you cannot take advantage of its additional features unless it is running throughout your network.

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What are the STP ports transitory states?

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What are the states for a trunk link?

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____ is a layer 2 messaging protocol that manages all the changes to the VLANs across networks.

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