Sesson 2 Flashcards
ICDN1
what tells you that you are in User exec mode on the CLI
the > sign
what tells you that you are in Privledge exec mode on the CLI
the # sign
what is the purpose of the CPU in a switch/router?
Process any commands and other decision .
what is the purpose of the Flash in a switch/router?
our operating system is stored. It is not run here just stored.
what is the purpose of the NVRAM in a switch/router?
Startup configuration is stored here. The configs when the device loads/boots it does from here.
what is the purpose of the RAM in a switch/router?
our operating system is run here.
Running config is also know as RAM
Examples:
Show flash:
Show bootflash
what is the purpose of the Boot Rom in a switch/router?
contains your boot strap code. POST. All low level config stuff to get the device up.
ROM-MON mode - basically the E.R of the product.
Password resetting is done here.
You need to do a break sequence to get into ROM-MON mode.
what command will you use to show what actual versio of IOS is loaded on a switch?
Show version
What do you need to know about the copy command?
copy SOURCE to DESTINATION
what happens when you copy from NVRAM (startup config) to RAM (running-config)
You will merge the two together. So what ever is currently present in running config will be present afterward.
What happens when you copy from run to start or to flash
you override what is there.
what does Control-shift-6 does?
allows to abort an IOS process
what does control-c do
aborts current command and exit config mode.
how to change the history size from 10 to 50
Switch#terminal history size 50
what does the DO command mean?
allows you to show command where I am typically not suppose to use it.
what command will allow set the length to max?
show terminal length 0
What is a Broadcast?
What is a broadcast domain
can be a packet/frame that is destined to everyone within a broadcast domain (within a vlan).
broadcast domain is separated by a layer 3 (router)
What is a Collision?
What is a collision domain?
when 2 or more devices talking at the same time
A collision domain is a network segment connected by a shared medium or through repeaters (hub) where simultaneous data transmissions collide with one another.
Is it good to have more or less collision domain?
Give me an example?
MORE.
example 1 daycare 100 kids. what is the chances that 2 kids will hit each other.
best thing is to have 100 kids in 100 rooms = no collisions.
What is an example of a Unicast?
1 to 1
You know the MAC of the destination device.
What is an example of a broadcast?
1 to everyone…
ffff-ffff-ffff
what is an example of a Multicast?
1 to a group
how do you get the destination mac address of a frame if you dont know it?
ARP
what is the MAC address table on the switch?
is the forwarding table that will grab the source MAC of the device connected to a interface.
how long does a mac address stay in the mac table?
by default 300 seconds or 5 mins. It resets as long as the device talks.
If a switch does not know the MAC address on its mac address table, what does the switch do with an unknowing unicast frame?
It FLOODS it to all ports except the port it came in.
f a switch does not know the MAC address on its mac address table, what does the switch do with an knowing unicast frame?
It forwards it to the interface since it knows where to send it.
All broadcast frames are what in a switch?
Flooded