Etherchannel Flashcards
Spanning tree provides redundancy, but not…
Load balancing
Etherchannel groups ____ physical interfaces into _____ logical interface
Multiple, Single
Is NIC Teaming similar to Etherchannel?
Yes, 2 physical NICs used as 1 logical NIC.
What’s another name for Etherchannel?
A Port Channel
What is flow?
Communication between client and server
When EtherChannel load balances packets from the same flow, they are not _____ across all the interfaces in the port channel.
Round Robined (i.e. PC1 -> SV1 only uses G0/1 on the switch)
What are the 3 EtherChannel Protocols and which is preferred?
LACP, PaGP, and Static. LACP is preferred
How can we forward all of the physically connected uplinks on Etherchannel
Multi-chassis EtherChannel
Matching EtherChannel setting have to be configure on
both sides of the link
When using Stackwise, all the separate physical switches operate as if they are _____ switch
1 and configured as 1 switch as well
What command is used on a switch to allow you to put an IP address on a port?
“no switchport”
What is another options to use instead of spanning tree
Using Layer 3 links on your switches, configures a routing protocol instead
Routing protocols support ___ ____ _____ so you can use all your links
Equal cost load balancing
With a nornal Layer 3 campus, the default gateway is on the __________ distribution layer, but with a layer 3 switches, your default gateway for the host are on the _____ layer switches
Distribution, access
