Cisco - Jumpstart - Lan Set 1

Front 1

Name some end point connections

Back 1

Security Devices (smart Card, fingerprint)
Printers
Computers
Access Points
VoIP Phones
Surveillance Camera's

Front 2

Name some Uplink Port

Back 2

• Connect Distribution to the links
• Switch to switch links
• Switch to Router (Router on a Stick)

Front 3

Does a switch normally have more uplink ports or access ports?

Back 3

Access

Front 4

What is an uplink port?

Back 4

Some Ethernet computer networking equipment contains an uplink port. These ports simplify connecting different types of Ethernet devices to each other, such as when linking a local home network to a modem and the Internet. Hubs, switches and routers typically designate one Ethernet port as the uplink connection.

Front 5

What is an Access Port?

Back 5

An "access port" is a type of connection on a switch that is used to connect a guest virtual machine that is VLAN unaware. This port provides the virtual machine with connectivity through a switch that is VLAN aware without requiring it to support VLAN tagging.

Front 6

What is the need for Spanning Tree Protocol for STP with a switched environment?

Back 6

Convergence time

Front 7

What effect does STP have on your business?

Back 7

• Redundancy
• Avaiability

Front 8

Explain the benefits of EtherChannel?

Back 8

• Redundancy
• More Bandwidth

Front 9

The uplinks in the EtherChannel can be different speeds as long as they are the only one "step away" (ie., Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, but not Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet)

True or False

Back 9

False

Front 10

What does it mean to say that a VLAN is a broadcast domain?

Back 10

• It is a subnet
• Separates Networks
• Stops Broadcasts

Front 11

How would you describe a VLAN to a customer (technical and business benefits)

Back 11

• Security
• Separate Groups
• Capex
• Opex

Front 12

What is Capex

Back 12

capital expenditure

Front 13

What is Opex

Back 13

operational expenditure

Front 14

What is the benefit of trunking between switches?

Back 14

You can communicate between vlans across multiple switches

Front 15

What additional benefit does EtherChannel bring?

Back 15

• Use a single link to use trunk aggregation
• Resiliency
• Fault tolerance

Front 16

Name at least two things that are correct about this diagram?

Back 16

• IP Address
• Green and red can communicate to the Router

Front 17

Name two things that are wrong with this diagram?

Back 17

• No Etherchannel
• No Trunking
• Blue cannot communicate

Front 18

What is inter-Vlan Routing

Back 18

• Inter-Vlan Routing. Inter-Vlan Routing is the capability to route traffic between vlans
• This is a virtual LAN

Front 19

What is a layer 3 switch

Back 19

This is a switch that promotes routing through ASIC

Front 20

A Vlan is a ___________ domain?

Back 20

Broadcast Domain

Front 21

Traffic between users on different VLAN's must be ___________?

Back 21

Routed

Front 22

EtherChannel provides a way to increase _____________ and ___________ in networks without violating STP?

Back 22

Increase

• bandwidth
• resilience

Front 23

What is PoE used for?

Back 23

To power many endpoint devices in modern networks and continues to evolve as a standard

Front 24

What are the primary components of a switch chassis?

Back 24

• Supervisor
• Chassis
• Line Card
• PSE

Front 25

If a switch has the letter C what does it mean?

Ex) catalyst 2960-C

Back 25

It is compact

Front 26

If the switch has a letter X what does it mean?

Ex) catalyst 3560-X

Back 26

Extended

Front 27

If the switch has the letter R what does it mean?

Ex) catalyst 2960-XR

Back 27

Routing

Front 28

2560 and 3750 have what in common?

Back 28

• Stack with same technology
• Similar Ports

Front 29

What is converged access

Back 29

Wired and wireless are supported in the same box

Front 30

What is Unified Access?

Back 30

• Wired
• Wireless
• VPN Access

Front 31

How many watts does 802.af have?

Back 31

15 Watts

Front 32

How many watts does 802.at have?

Back 32

30 Watts

Front 33

How many watts are you expected to loose if you run 100 meters of cable?

Back 33

15%

Front 34

How many watts is UPoE?

Back 34

60 Watts

Note:

51 Watts after 15% loss

Front 35

What is PSU?

Back 35

Power Supply Unit

Front 36

What is FRU?

Back 36

Field Replaceable Unit

Front 37

What is EEE?

Back 37

Energy Efficient Ethernet

Front 38

In WS-C2960X-48FPD-L, What does 48 mean?

Back 38

48 Ports

Front 39

In WS-C2960X-48FPD-L, What does FP mean?

Back 39

Full Power

Front 40

In WS-C2960X-48FPD-L, What does D mean?

Back 40

Deca (10)

Front 41

In WS-C2960X-48LPS-L, What does LP mean?

Back 41

Low Power

Front 42

In WS-C2960X-TS-LL, What does S mean?

Back 42

Single

Front 43

What are some key features of the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Family?

Back 43

• Fixed Configuration
• Gigabite Ethernet Switches
• FlexStack
• 2 IOS Options

Front 44

What are the uplinks on a catalyst 2960-X family?

Back 44

• 2 x 10G
• 4 x 1G
• 2 x 1G

Front 45

What is the difference between the 2960X and the 2960XR?

Back 45

XR does Routing

Front 46

What role will fixed configuration switches play in most networks?

Back 46

provide connectivity to endpoints

Front 47

Based on Catalyst 2960-X, what do you think is the target market for this switch?

Back 47

Small to Medium

Front 48

Based on the Catalyst 2960-XR, what do you think is the target market for this switch?

Back 48

Medium

Front 49

What is the difference between the catalyst 3560 and the catalyst 3750?

Back 49

Catalyst 3560 is not stackable

Front 50

What is RPS?

Back 50

Redundant Power Supply

Front 51

How would you explain the benefit for FelxStat Plus, StackWise, StackPower?

Back 51

• The ability to share resources
• Lowering Opex by lower cost
• Lowering Capex by using the same equipment
• Investment Protection

Front 52

What is the U in WS-C3560X-24U-L mean?

Back 52

UPoE is not supported

Front 53

What is RTU?

Back 53

Right to Use

Front 54

NSF

Back 54

NonStop Forwarding

• This is a redundancy protocol that works with SSO (stateful switchover) feature in Cisco IOS software.
• NSF works with SSO to minimize the amount of time a network is unavailable to it users after a switchover
• The main objective is to continue to forward IP packets following a Route Processor Switchover

Front 55

ISSU

Back 55

In Software Upgrade

• The ISSU allows the running IOS to be upgraded while packet forwarding continues
• Must Be IOS 12.2.38 or Higher

Front 56

What is an RU?

Back 56

Rack Unit

Front 57

What is the height of an RU?

Back 57

1.75

Front 58

What is VSS?

Back 58

Virtual Switching System

Front 59

What is line rate?

Back 59

• Non-Blocking
• Everyport has full bandwidth
• Supposed to move all data at full rate
• Applications sometimes cause oversubscriptions (slowing performance)

Front 60

CAM Table

Back 60

Content Addressable Memory

• The content is a particular mac address that is pegged to a device as a source mac address, and is placed in a mac address table

Front 61

Name the 3 important factors of a catalyst 3650

Back 61

1. Converged Access
2. 10/100/1000
3. PoE,PoE+

Front 62

Name the 3 important factors of a catalyst 3850?

Back 62

Converged Access
10/100/1000
12,24 port 1 G Fiber

Front 63

Name the 3 important features of a Catalyst 4500-X

Back 63

1. MediaNet
2. TrustSec: SGACL
3. VSS

Front 64

Name the 6 important features of the catalyst 4500E

Back 64

1. SUP Redundancy
2. NSF/SSO
3. ISSU
4. VSS
5. CA (Future, Sup 8E)
6. PoE, PoE+, UPoE

Front 65

Name 9 important features of the catalyst 6500E?

Back 65

1. Quad SUP VSS
2. Trustsec L3 SGT
3. MPLS l#VPN
4. PIM Register in HW
5. Lable Switched Mcast
6. GRE/Multicast support
7. LISP (computer programming language)
8. WuSN2/NAM3/ASA-SM
9. Advanced CoPP

Front 66

CoPP

Back 66

Certified Output Protection

• This is a device driver technology that uses logo identification to deny access to video outputs or recordings

Front 67

How does a modular switch stay cool?

Back 67

Fans

Front 68

What is a backplane in a switch

Back 68

Backplane is nothing but the switch fabric and how much the maximum throughput will be on full use.

NOTE:

There are different methods of stacking switches and they behave differently on differently switched platforms.

Front 69

What are the 6 components of a modular switch?

Back 69

Linecard
Line card Slot
Fan Tray
Supervisor
Backplane connector
Power Supply

Front 70

What is GBIC

Back 70

gigabit interface converter (GBIC)

A gigabit interface converter (GBIC) is a transceiver that converts electric currents (digital highs and lows) to optical signals, and optical signals to digital electric currents.

Front 71

Why does platform consistency for the catalyst family matter?

Back 71

• Future Proofing
• Investment Protection

Front 72

What is +E?

Back 72

Changes made to the chassis to accommodate newer capacity for switching packets

Front 73

What is -E?

Back 73

The original E series, limit on gigabits/sec of processing support

Front 74

Sup 7 or 8 have _____ Gbps slot capacity

Back 74

48 Gbps

Front 75

What is the maximum # of access ports a Catalyst 4500E chassis can have?

Back 75

Up to 384

Front 76

Is the catalyst 4500E Chassis Backward Compatible

Back 76

Yes

Front 77

What is the maximum amount of watt inline PoE per line card slot in the 4500E Chassis?

Back 77

1440 W

Front 78

In the Catalyst power supply PWR-C45-900ACV, What does V stand for?

Back 78

Voice

V means much higher power for PoE

NOTE:

This is named after voice from the old days when voice was the only thing supported by PoE

Front 79

What is the most common component to fail?

Back 79

Power supplies

NOTE:

When purchasing a backup it should be the same strength

Front 80

Name four models of 4500E

Back 80

1. WS-Cr503-E
2. WS-C410R+E
3. WS-C45507R+E
4. WS-C4406-E-6

Front 81

What 2 Catalyst 4500E models have redundant Supervisors?

Back 81

WS-C45507R+E

WS-C4510R+E

Front 82

What are the four types of supervisors a Catalyst 4500E can have

Back 82

1. Sup 8E
2. Sup 7E
3. Sup 7LE
4. Sup 6LE

Front 83

Catalyst 4500R chassis support 48 G per slot.

True or False

Back 83

False

They only go to 24

Front 84

What is CX1?

Back 84

A copper port

Front 85

What is the maximum sourced power with the UPoE?

Back 85

60 W

Front 86

What series of chassis must you have to support UPoE?

Back 86

E Series

Front 87

UPoE Enables what kind of applications?

Back 87

Applications that require greater then 25.5 Watts

Front 88

If a switch can support all of its ports at full speed without dropping any frames, that switch is ____________

Back 88

Non-Blocking

Front 89

If a switch cannot support all of its ports at full speed without dropping frames, the switch is ______

Back 89

Blocking

Front 90

What is SSO

Back 90

Stateful Switchover

SSO allows redundant supervisors to run a stateful IOS and statefull applications which minimize or eliminate switch and application downtime
Operates at Layer 2

Front 91

What does VSS minimize

Back 91

Virtual Switching System

Traffic disruption from switch to uplink failure

Front 92

What products support VSS?

Back 92

• Catalyst 4500
• Catalyst 6500/6800

Front 93

What is Portfast?

Back 93

Spanning tree PortFast is a Cisco enhancement to STP used to allow ports attached to end devices to transition from a Blocked or Disabled state to the Forwarding state, allowing devices to begin sending and receiving data immediately.

Front 94

What is BPDUguard

Back 94

PortFast BPDU guard prevents loops by moving a nontrunking port into an errdisable state when a BPDU is received on that port. When you enable BPDU guard on the switch, spanning tree shuts down PortFast-configured interfaces that receive BPDUs instead of putting them into the spanning tree blocking state.

Front 95

What IOS feature provides L2 continuance in the event of a supervisor failure

Back 95

SSO

Stateful Switchover

Front 96

What IOS feature provides L3 continuance in the event of a supervisor failure?

Back 96

NSF

Nonstop forwarding

Front 97

Where can you deploy the 4500E in your customers network.
A. In your enterprise customers wiring closet
B. In the backbone of a small commercial customer
C. In the Distribution Layer of a mid-market customer
D. All of the above

Back 97

A. In your enterprise customers wiring closet
B. In the backbone of a small commercial customer
C. In the Distribution Layer of a mid-market customer
D. All of the above***correct

Front 98

Name 3 IOS images supported on 4500E

Back 98

Enterprise
IP Base
LAN Base