Chapter 1 Cisco Certification Exams 1
Assessing Exam-Readiness 2
The Exam Situation 3
Exam Layout And Design 4
Using Cisco′s Exam Software Effectively 5
Exam-Taking Basics 6
Question-Handling Strategies 7
Mastering The Inner Game 8
Additional Resources 9
Chapter 2 Switching Concepts 13
Traditional Local Area Networks And Their Issues 14
LAN Segmentation 19
Ethernet And Duplexing 25
Token Ring Switching 27
Bridging Types 28
Practice Questions 35
Need To Know More? 41
Chapter 3 The Spanning Tree Protocol 43
The Protocol′s Components 44
Practice Questions 51
Need To Know More? 56
Chapter 4 Virtual LANs 57
The Purpose Of VLANs 58
The Role Of Switches 62
The Components And Implementation Of VLANs 64
The History Of VLANs 64
Cisco′s Implementation Of VLANs 65
Spanning Tree Protocol And VLANs 71
Token Ring VLANs 72
Practice Questions 74
Need To Know More? 79
Chapter 5 Using Switches In A Network 81
Demand Nodes And Resource Nodes 82
Bottleneck Problems 85
Configuration Solutions 87
An Example Of Ethernet Switching 87
An Example Of Token Ring Switching 92
Practice Questions 95
Need To Know More? 99
Chapter 6 Product Overview Of Catalyst 5000 Switches 101
Catalyst Line-Up 102
Practice Questions 118
Need To Know More? 123
Chapter 7 Catalyst 5000 Supervisor Engines And Line Modules 125
Catalyst Supervisor Engines 126
Catalyst Line Modules 133
Protection Of Investment 158
Practice Questions 159
Need To Know More? 165
Chapter 8 Product Overview Of Catalyst 3000 Switches 167
Features Of The Catalyst 3000 Series 168
The Catalyst 3000 Series Switch Family 174
Expansion Modules 179
Catalyst 3000 Stack Matrix 186
Practice Questions 189
Need To Know More? 196
Chapter 9 Product Overview Of Catalyst 1900 And 2820 Switches 197
Standard Edition Software And Features 198
Enterprise Edition Software Features 202
Hardware Features 204
Catalyst 1900 Chassis 205
Catalyst 2820 Chassis 206
Catalyst 1900/2820 Status LEDs 211
Practice Questions 214
Need To Know More？ 221
Chapter 10 Switching Architecture And The Catalyst 5000 223
Switching Architecture Overview 224
Catalyst 5000 Switch Architecture Overview 229
Practice Questions 244
Need To Know More? 249
Chapter 11 Catalyst 3000 And 1900/2820 Switch Architecture 251
The Catalyst 3000 Switch Architecture Overview 252
Catalyst 1900/2820 Switch Architecture Overiew 265
Practice Questions 274
Need To Know More? 280
Chapter 12 Basic Configuration Of The Catalyst 5000 Switch 281
Default Configurations 282
Initial Connectivity 283
Command-Line Interface(CLI) 286
Three Basic Commands And Context-Sensitive Help 287
Management Information 288
Practice Questions 303
Need To Know More? 307
Chapter 13 Configuring Ports And STP On The Catalyst 5000 Switch 309
Basic Port Configuration 310
FDDI Port Configuration 316
Spanning Tree Protocol 320
Multicasts And Broadcasts 324
Practice Questions 328
Need To Know More? 332
Chapter 14 Configuring VLANs For The Catalyst 5000 Switch 333
VTP And VLANs 334
Practice Questions 364
Need To Know More? 369
Chapter 15 Basic Configuration Of The Catalyst 3000 Switch 371
Logging Into The Switch 372
Basic Configuration Using The Configuration Menu 373
Basic Network Management Configuration Tasks 378
The Download/Upload Menu 384
The Reset Screen 385
Practice Questions 388
Need To Know More? 392
Chapter 16 Advanced Configuration Of The Catalyst 3000 Switch 393
Configuration Of Ports 394
Implementing Security 399
Implementing VLANs 405
Tuning STP 409
Broadcast And Multicast Features 412
Router Configuration For The 3100 And 3200 413
Practice Questions 416
Need To Know More? 421
Chapter 17 Basic Configuration Of The Catalyst 1900/2820 Switch 423
Accessing The Switch 424
Main Menu 425
Practice Questions 443
Need To Know More? 447
Chapter 18 Advanced Configuration Of The Catalyst 1900/2820 Switch 449
Port Configuration[P] 450
Port Addressing[A] 454
Monitoring[M] 456
Multicast Registration[R] 457
Virtual LAN[V] 458
Firmware[F] 460
Practice Questions 463
Need To Know More? 467
Chapter 19 Overview Of ATM And LANE 469
Overview Of ATM 470
LAN Emulation(LANE) 475
LANE Architecture 475
Joining An ELAN 481
Moving Data Between Two Clients 486
Practice Questions 494
Need To Know More? 500
Chapter 20 Configuring LANE On The Catalyst Switches 501
LANE Configuration Guidelines 502
LANE Implementation Plan 502
LANE Configuration For The Catalyst 5000 Series 503
LANE Configuration For The Catalyst 3000 Series 516
LANE Configuration For The Catalyst 2820 Switch 522
Practice Questions 527
Need To Know More? 531
Chapter 21 Management Of The Catalyst Switches 533
Cisco Discovery Protocol(CDP) 534
Cisco Works For Switched Internetworks(CWSI) 535
RMON 540
SPAN 541
Practice Questions 543
Need To Know More? 546
Chapter 22 Introduction To Troubleshooting And The Catalyst 5000 547
Approach To Troubleshooting 548
Catalyst 5000 Troubleshooting Tools 551
Practice Questions 563
Need To Know More? 566
Chapter 23 How To Troubleshoot The Catalyst 3000 567
Overview Of The Catalyst 3000 LEDs 568
Catalyst 3000 Statistics Menu 568
Module Information 585
Recovering From Lost Passwords 586
Practice Questions 587
Need To Know More? 591
Chapter 24 How To Troubleshoot The Catalyst 1900/2820 593
Power-On Self-Tests(POST) 594
Diagnostic Console 595
Usage Summaries 597
Port Statistics Detail 603
Basic FDDI Settings 604
Secondary FDDI Settings 607
Practice Questions 609
Need To Know More? 613
Chapter 25 Sample Test 615
Questions、Questions、Questions 616
Picking Proper Answers 616
Decoding Ambiguity 617
Working Within The Framework 618
Deciding What To Memorize 619
Preparing For The Test 619
Taking The Test 620
Sample Test 621
Chapter 26 Answer Key 643
Glossary 659
Index 681