Content Quiz 3 Flashcards
What does an Ethernet switch use to make forwarding decisions
MAC address table
Convert 0x0A into binary
00001010
How are MAC addresses generally expressed?
12 Hex Values
What is meant by Switch Learning?
The switch learns MAC addresses and associates them with Port numbers.
What is the third section of the Ethernet frame and how big is it?
FCS, 4bytes
What is the primary advantage of Store-and-Forward switching?
Error Checking
Ethernet broadcast frames are sent to which switch ports?
All switch ports
How many bits in a MAC address?
48
If a destination MAC has an OUI of 01-00-5E-01-01-C9, what does this indicate?
It is a multicast frame
What are the primary types of Frame Forwarding
Fragment free
Store and Forward
Fast forward
What is the OUI?
Organizationally Unique Identifier
What is the typical cut-through method of switching?
Fast forward
If an Ethernet switch cannot find a match for the destination MAC address of a frame, what will it do?
Forward out all ports, except the incoming port
How big is the OUI?
3 bytes
Switch Learning is used to build what data structure?
Mac address table
What are the Data Link Layer sublayers?
Mac
LLC
Data Encapsulation at L2 includes which of the following?
Ethernet Error Detection
Ethernet Addressing
Ethernet Frame
True or False:
A layer 2 Ethernet switch is totally unaware of the data being carried in the data portion of the frame.
True