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BCMSN

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

Cisco CCNP

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Welcome To YourBCMSN Video BootCamp!

Topics:•LAN Switching Basics•Virtual LANs (VLANs)•VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)•Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)•Advanced Spanning Tree Protocol Features•Etherchannels•Securing Switches•Multilayer Switching•IP Telephony & Cisco IP Phones•Wireless Networking•Network Design and Models•Queueing(Bonus Video)

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Your Instructor:

•Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933•Earned my CCIE on February 26, 2004•Founded The Bryant Advantage in June of that year•My Video Boot Camps and other study materials placean emphasis on clearly explained theory and plenty ofwork on REAL CISCO routers and switches•Real Education + Real Equipment = Real CCNAs andCCNPs•A+, Network+, Security+, and Microsoft VistaCertification tutorials and study tools•Visit the website: www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Exam Prep Tips:

•Take your time and master the material.•Get some hands-on work with theBCMSN-level protocols.•Do not practice debugs on a productionnetwork at any time.•Get plenty of rest the day before exam. Bythat time, the die is cast.•Don't cram for the exam. Prepare.

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LAN SwitchingBasics

•Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gig Ethernet•Quick cabling overview•Basic Switch Operation•Filenames and autorecovery

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Ethernet

•Good old "basic" Ethernet is based on IEEE 802.3, and offersa bandwidth of 10 MB to end users. The more users there areon an Ethernet segment, the higher the chance of collisions,which render signals sent by the hosts to an unusablestate.When the hosts are connected to their own individualswitch ports, they will each get a dedicated 10 MB and thechance of collisions is eliminated.Each port on a switch is itsown collision domain.•Ethernet uses UTP cabling (Unshielded Twisted Pair), andthis cable type has a length limit of 100 meters.Referring tothe Cisco three-layer networking model, Ethernet is generallygoing to be found at the access layer, connecting end users tothe network.

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Fast Ethernet –Part 1

•Fast Ethernet is defined in IEEE 802.3u, and operates at 100MB.FE can use UTP or fiber-optic wiring.When full-duplexFE is in operation, the effective bandwidth is 200 MBPS, sinceFE ports can send and receive at the same time.•You'll see "10/100" ports on many switches.This means thatthe port will work with an Ethernet or Fast Ethernetconnection, and the port speed can be negotiated betweenthe switch and the connected device.To allow thisnegotiation, both end devices should be set for "auto", shortfor

autonegotiation

.And as you know, if you're connecting aserver, router, or workstation to a switch, you'll need astraight-through cable.

Fast Ethernet –Part 2

•Fast Ethernet ports can also be used to create a FastEtherChannel.An Etherchannel, or EC, is a logical bundlingof physical connections between switches.A Fast EC canbundle up to eight physical connections, resulting inthroughput of up to 1600 MBPS!•As with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet connections can connect endusers to the access-layer switches.FE ports can also beused to form a trunk between the access and distribution-layer switches, but hopefully we've got some Gigabit Ethernetports to handle that.

Gigabit Ethernet

•The next logical step is Gigabit Ethernet, often referred to as"Gig Ethernet".Gig Ethernet will support speeds up to 1000MBPS, or 1 Gigabit Per Second (GBPS).•The cabling you use with your Gig Ethernet ports is going tovary widely.The necessary cable is determined by theGigabit Ethernet standard in use on your particularswitch.Some of the more common cable types to use withGigabit Ethernet are Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP), MultimodeFiber (MMF) cable with either a 50-or 62.5 micron core, andSingle-Mode Fiber (SMF) with an 8-, 9-, or 50-micron core.•Make sure to check your switch's documentation before youstart buying cables!

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