Switching Describing issues in a poorly designed network: Failure domains Broadcast domains Large amount of unknown MAC unicast traffic Multicast traffic on ports where not intended Difficulty in management and support Possible security vulnerabilities Grouping business functions into VLANs: Benefits of hierarchical addressing: Ease of management and troubleshooting Minimizing of errors Reduced number of routing table entries VLANS: End-to-End Vlans: This term refers to a single VLAN that is associated with switch ports that are widely dispersed throughout an enterprise network. Traffic for this VLAN is carried throughout the network. Configuring VLANS: Vlan 101 Switchport mode access Switchport access vlan 101
Describing issues in a poorly designed network: Failure domains
Broadcast domains Large amount of unknown MAC unicast traffic
Multicast traffic on ports where not intended Difficulty in
management and support Possible security vulnerabilities
Grouping business functions into VLANs:Benefits of hierarchical
addressing: Ease of management and troubleshooting Minimizing of
errors Reduced number of routing table entries
VLANS:End-to-End Vlans:This term refers to a single VLAN that is
associated with switch ports that are widely dispersed throughout
an enterprise network. Traffic for this VLAN is carried throughout
the network.
