Chapter 1 Flashcards
Modular
supports change and growth
Resilient
Uptime High availablity
Flexible
network adaptability
Multilayer switches
hardware-based routing ASIC Application Specific integrated Circuits
Catalyst 6500 Family
- used in campus, data center, core, wan and branch
- 13 slots and 16 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
Catalyst 4500 Family
- used in distribution layer
- 10 slots and several 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
Catalyst 3560 and 3750 Families
used in fixed-port scenarios at the access and distribution layers
Nexus 2000, 5000, and 7000 Families
NX-OS based modular data center switches
Network Management Traffic
BPDU, CDP, SNMP, RMON, SSH (low bandwidth)
IP Telephony Traffic
Signaling traffic encapsulated voice traffic (low bandwidth)
IP Multicast Traffic
IP/TV and market data applications (High bandwidth)
Normal Data Traffic
file print email internet browsing (low to medium bandwidth)
Scavenger Class Traffic
- all traffic with protocols that exceed normal data flows
- p2p, IM, voip (medium to high bandwidth)
SONA
Service-Oriented Network Architecture
Application Layer
business and collaboration applications