19 - Network Architecture Flashcards
What is Campus LAN?
LAN created to support devices in a building or multiple buildings in close proximity to one another
What are the three switch roles in Campus design?
Access
Distribution
Core
What is the function of Distribution switches in Campus design?
Aggregation point for access switches and to provide connectivity to the rest of the devices in the LAN
What is the function of Core switches in Campus design?
Aggregate distribution switches in very large campus LANs.
Provides very high forwarding rates for larger volumes of traffic
What is another name for Two-Tier Campus Design and why?
Collapsed core
Because there is no Core tier
What is Two-Tier Campus Design?
Most common campus LAN design Access and Distribution tiers Hybrid design - Star topology at Access layer - Partial Mesh at distribution layer
What is Three-Tier Campus Design
For very large Campus LANs, use of a Core tier in a partial mesh to interconnect the Distribution Tier provides very high forwarding rates while saving on switch ports and cables
Does a SOHO Wireless LAN AP utilize CAPWAP?
No, it doesn’t send frames to a WLC so doesn’t need to
What is PSE?
Power Sourcing Equipment
A device that supplies DC power over the Ethernet cable, typically a switch
What are PDs?
Powered Devices
Devices that can utilize PoE
How do PSE devices know that a given device can utilize PoE to prevent damage?
IEEE auto-negotiation messages
Low powered signals sent and monitor return signal to determine PoE power class
What is a Power Class?
For PoE a Power class determines how much power to supply a PD
What other two protocols can be used to Monitor for changes to power class aside from auto-negotiation?
CDP and LLDP
What is the IEEE standard for normal PoE and how many watts is it?
802.3af
15 watts
What is the IEEE standard for PoE+ and how many watts is it?
802.3at
30 watts
What is MetroE?
Metro Ethernet
A way of connecting different areas of a network together (possibly remote) to make them appear to be on the same network. The WAN service acts like a LAN switch
What is a PoP facility for MetroE?
A facility that is typically near to as many customer sites as possible that houses a device (usually switch) so that they can be connected to the customer device
What is an Access link with respect to MetroE?
A physical link between the customer and the SP where everything on the link falls within UNI
What is UNI?
User Network Interface
Everything on an Access link for MetroE
What key service does a MetroE SP promise?
To deliver Ethernet frames across the LAN (even to remote sites)
What is MEF?
Organization collaborating to define Metro Ethernet Standards
What are 3 key MEF Service types / topologies?
E-Line
E-LAN
E-Tree
What is an E-Line?
Ethernet Line Service
PTP EVC
Allows two customer devices to send Ethernet frames to each other as if they had a long crossover cable
What is another name for an E-Line?
Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS)
What is an EVC?
Ethernet Virtual Connection
An association between two or more user network information that essentially forms a virtual connection between them / path across the network
What is needed to be used to have multiple E-Line services on a single access link?
802.1q trunking with a different VLAN ID for each E-Line service
What is E-LAN?
Ethernet LAN service
Several sites connected to WAN but with a goal of allowing every site to send frames directly to ever other site (full mesh)
As if Ethernet WAN service was one big Ethernet switch
What is E-Tree?
Hub and spoke design in which the central site can communicate directly with each remote site but they can only send to the central site