- Main Page
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- The BCMSN Cram Sheet
- DESIGNING SWITCHED NETWORKS
- VLANS, TRUNKS, AND VTP
- SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL
- ENHANCEMENTS TO STP
- MULTILAYER SWITCHING
- AVAILABILITY AND REDUNDANCY
- MULTICASTS
- QUALITY OF SERVICE
- MLS OPTIMIZATION AND SECURITY
- METRO ETHERNET
- A Note from Series Editor Ed Tittel
- About the Author
- About the Technical Editors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Introduction
- Who Is This Book For?
- Cisco Certifications Requiring the BCMSN Exam
- Signing Up to Take the Exam
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- Self-Assessment
- Networking Professionals in the Real World
- The Ideal BCMSN Candidate
- Put Yourself to the Test
- Hands-on Experience
- Testing Your Exam-Readiness
- Onward, Through the Fog
- Chapter 1. Cisco Certification Exams
- The Exam Situation
- Exam Layout and Design
- Exam-Taking Techniques
- Question-Handling Strategies
- Mastering the Inner Game
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 2. Designing Switched Networks
- Network Design
- Devices, Media Types, and Switching Roles
- Introduction to the Command-Line Interface
- Summary
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 3. VLANs, Trunks, and VTP
- Virtual LANs
- Trunks
- VLAN Trunk Protocol
- Summary
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 4. Spanning Tree Protocol
- Transparent Bridging
- STP Introduction
- STP Components and Operation
- Running the STP Algorithm
- Spanning Trees
- Configuring and Verifying STP
- Summary
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 5. Enhancements to STP
- Cisco Enhancements to STP
- Rapid STP
- Multiple Spanning Tree
- EtherChannels
- Other STP Enhancement Features
- Summary
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 6. Multilayer Switching
- Routing Considerations
- Configuring Routing Between VLANs
- MLS Overview
- MLS Using CEF
- Summary
- Exam Prep Questions