Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X]

baby giants 

back-to-back switches

    load balancing 

backbone

    ATM

        reachability  2nd 

    Gigabit Ethernet 

backbone segments

    Fast Ethernet 

BackboneFast  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 

    enabling 

backward compatibility

    Catalyst 6000 

backwards compatibility

    IGMP version 2 

bandwidth  2nd 

    100BaseX systems  2nd 

    bridged LANs 

    EtherChannel  2nd 

    Fast Ethernet 

    legacy Ethernet 

    legacy networks 

    multilayer network model 

    sharing 

    Token Ring 

    trunking  2nd 

    Web browsing 

bang (!) 

baseband technologies 

best path 

    load balancing

        STP  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th  26th  27th  28th  29th 

best paths

    BPDUs  2nd  3rd  4th 

BIDs 

BIDs (bridge IDs) 

bit times

    calculating 

bits

    RII (routing information indicator) 

Blocking state (STP)  2nd  3rd  4th 

    non-Designated Ports 

boundaries

    VTP management domains  2nd 

BPDUs

    BIDs 

    Configuration BPDUs  2nd  3rd 

        fields  2nd 

        processing  2nd  3rd  4th 

    End-to-End Propagation Delay

        calculating  2nd 

    exception processing  2nd  3rd 

    Hello Time timer 

    Max Age 

    Message Age Overestimate

        calculating  2nd 

    processing  2nd  3rd  4th 

    PVST+

        flooding 

    TCN  2nd 

    TCN BPDUs

        processing  2nd 

BPDUs (bridge protocol data units) 

Bridge Priorities 

bridge priority load balancing  2nd  3rd  4th 

Bridge Priority load balancing

    campus networks  2nd  3rd  4th 

bridge tables 

    modifying  2nd 

    updating  2nd  3rd  4th 

bridge-groups 

bridges

    aging timer 

bridging

    80/20 rule 

    aging timers  2nd 

    bandwidth consumption 

    BPDUs 

    filtering 

    flooding 

    forwarding 

    IRB (Integrated Routing and Bridging)  2nd  3rd 

    LANE 

    LANs

        segmentation  2nd  3rd  4th 

    learning process 

    linking to routing domains  2nd 

    loops  2nd 

    Root Port 

    source-route 

    SR-TLB  2nd  3rd  4th 

    SRB (source-route bridging)  2nd  3rd 

    SRT  2nd  3rd 

    STP

        campus design  2nd  3rd  4th 

        Configuration BPDUs  2nd  3rd 

        convergence  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th  26th  27th  28th  29th  30th  31st  32nd  33rd  34th  35th  36th  37th  38th  39th 

        Designated Ports  2nd 

        disabling  2nd 

        load balancing  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th  26th  27th  28th  29th 

        maintenance guidelines  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 

        PVST+  2nd  3rd 

        reachabililty  2nd  3rd 

        show commands  2nd 

        states  2nd  3rd 

        TCN BPDUs  2nd 

        timers  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 

        traffic patterns 

    STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) 

        BIDs 

        path cost  2nd 

    table corruption  2nd 

    transparent 

        flow chart  2nd 

    VLANs  2nd 

        merged Spanning Trees  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 

        throughput  2nd 

bridging tables

    entries

        removing 

broacast domains

    isolating  2nd 

broadband technologies 

broadcast domains 

    ELANs  2nd 

    legacy networks  2nd  3rd  4th 

    subinterfaces 

    switched environments  2nd 

broadcast frames 

    bandwidth consumption 

broadcast loops  2nd 

broadcast storms 

broadcasts

    affect on workstation performance 

    ARP frames 

    flooding

        VTP management domains  2nd 

    inter-ring 

    over LANE  2nd 

    over legacy networks 

    simulating 

    suppressing  2nd 

        hardware-based  2nd 

        software-based  2nd 

browsing (Web)

    bandwidth 

bucket approach (troubleshooting) 

    cabling  2nd 

    configuration  2nd 

    miscellaneous problems  2nd 

building

    BUS  2nd 

    Data Direct VCs  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 

    LECs 

    LECS  2nd 

    LES (LANE)  2nd 

    overhead connections (LANE)  2nd 

    SVCs 

    VLANs 

    VMPS database  2nd  3rd 

bundling

    Ethernet segments 

    ports  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 

        PAgP  2nd 

BUS (Broadcast and Unknown Server) 

    placement 

BVI (Bridged Virtual Interface)

    linking routed and bridged domains  2nd