Ethernet Review

Single segment Ethernet, CSMA/CD, Broadcast domains, collision domains, hubs and repeaters.

Bridges

What are bridges, frame forwarding and filtering, the forwarding database.

Configuring Switches

Products, accessing the switch, installing the switch, switch interfaces, connecting PCs using the switch.

Switches

What is a switch? Inside a switch, the backplane, Ports, buffers, store and forward vs. cut through, fragment free, adaptive switching, matrix and crosspoint switches, blocking and non blocking architectures.

Switch Configuration

Speed, Full/half duplex, auto negotiation, flow control methods. MAC based security.

Redundant Links

Spanning Tree, Loops, effect, root bridges, bridge port states, STP reconfiguration. Resilience and load sharing, speeding STP.

Backbone Architectures

Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gig, Ethernet bundles.

Managing Switches

SNMP, RMON, RMON II.

VLANs

Introduction, reasons for VLANS, configuring VLANS.