Chapter 7 - Installing and Operating Cisco LAN Switches Flashcards

1
Q

What are 3 different ways of accessing the CLI on a switch?

A

Console port, telnet, and SSH

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2
Q

What are 3 different ways you can connect to a console port on a switch?

A

1) Serial port on the PC using a rollover cable connecting to the RJ-45 Console port on the switch.
2) USB port on the PC using a USB cable connected to a USB Converter connected to a rollover cable connecting to the RJ-45 Console port on the switch.
3) USB port on the PC using a USB cable connecting to the USB console port on the switch.

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3
Q

When using an emulator to connect to the switch, what are the default console port settings that should be configured on the emulator? (5 different settings.)

A
9600 bits/second
No hardware flow control
8-bit ASCII
No parity bits
1 stop bit
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4
Q

What 3 different modes does the Mode button on a switch cycle through?

A

Stat (Status), Duplx (Duplex) and Speed

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5
Q

What are the 3 states of a SYST LED light on most 2960 Cisco models?

A

1) Off - The switch is not powered on.
2) On (green) The switch is powered on and operational
3) On (amber) The system has power, but is not functioning properly.

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6
Q

Which CLI access mode allows the user to look around but not break anything?

A

user EXEC mode

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7
Q

Which CLI access mode is also known as enable mode?

A

Privileged mode

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8
Q

Which CLI key sequence interrupts the current command?

A

Ctrl-Shift-6

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9
Q

Which Cisco IOS command shows the current CPU utilization of the switch?

A

show process

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10
Q

Which mode accepts configuration commands - commands that tell the switch the details of what to do and how to do it?

A

Configuration mode

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11
Q

What are 4 main types of memory found in Cisco switches?

A

1) RAM
2) Flash
3) ROM
4) NVRAM

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12
Q

What type of memory in a Cisco switch is working memory and has the running configuration of the device?

A

RAM

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13
Q

What type of memory holds the Cisco IOS Software?

A

Flash

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14
Q

What type of memory contains the bootstrap program?

A

ROM

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15
Q

What type of memory contains the startup config?

A

NVRAM

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16
Q

What are the 2 main Cisco IOS configuration files called?

A

1) Startup config

2) Running config

17
Q

What’s the purpose of the startup config?

A

Stores the initial configuration used anytime the switch reloads Cisco IOS.

18
Q

What’s the purpose of the running config?

A

Stores the currently used configuration commands. This file changes dynamically when someone enters commands in configuration mode.

19
Q

What command would you enter to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration?

A

copy running-config startup-config

20
Q

What happens when the copy command is used to copy a configuration file to RAM?

A

The configuration file in RAM is not replaced, but is merged instead.

21
Q

What mode leads a switch administrator by asking questions that prompt the administrator for basic configuration parameters?

A

Setup mode

22
Q

Which IOS commands shows information like the IOS version, time since last reload, and the switch model number?

A

show version

23
Q

What are 3 different commands that will erase the contents of NVRAM?

A

1) write erase
2) erase startup-config
3) erase nvram: