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| VTP is a Cisco proprietary Layer __ protocol that makes the management and administration of VLANs easier and more efficient. |
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| The VLAN trunking protocol uses _______________________ for VLAN communications between two or more switches. |
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| A VTP advertisement contains the _______, _________ and ___________ for each VLAN. |
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| VLAN ID, VLAN name and VLAN type |
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| The VTP configuration ___________ is used for keeping track of the newest information. |
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| What does a higher VTP configuration revision number mean? |
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| What are the three VTP modes that Cisco uses? |
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| Server mode, Client Mode, and Transport mode |
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| What VTP mode are switches in by default? |
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| In each domain there has to be a server for ___________, ___________, or ___________. |
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| addition, deletion or modifications |
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| A switch in server mode is responsible for_________________ and _________________ with other switches in the domain. |
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| VTP advertisements and synchronizing received VTP information |
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| VLANs cannot be created, deleted or modified in this mode. |
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| VTP advertisements are relayed in this mode. |
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| A switch in this mode does not participate in the VTP process. |
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| In VTP version 1 transparent switches do not relay VTP information to other switches unless ________________________. |
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| the VTP domain and VTP version number matches between the switches |
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| In VTP version 2 transparent switch acts as ___________________. |
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| a VTP relay despite the difference in domain name |
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| What are the two ways to configure VTP in Cisco switches? |
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| Global configuration mode, VLAN database mode |
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| What is the command to configure VTP domain name? |
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| Switch(config)# vtp domain domin-name |
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| How long can a VTP domain name be? |
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| What is the command to configure the VTP mode? |
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| Switch(config)# vtp mode {server | client | transparent} |
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| What is the command to set a VTP password? |
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| Switch(config)# vtp password password |
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| What happens when a VTP password is configured? |
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| A MD5 digit or hash code is computed and sent in VTP advertisements. |
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| What is the command to configure a VTP version? |
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| Switch(config)# vtp version {1 | 2} |
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| The _____________ command is very important command for checking various parameters for the VTP configuration process. |
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| What is the IEEE designation for Spanning Tree Protocol? |
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| ______ is used in switching topologies to provide a loop free path in the network. |
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| Why is STP necessary to prevent layer 2 loops from causing broadcast storms? |
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| Because there are no TTL values in Layer 2 frames |
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| How does STP stop loops and broadcast storms from happening? |
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| By blocking some ports and forwarding only the required ones |
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| Spanning-tree protocol is used to ensure one loop free path throughout the bridge domain. This single loop free path is a top down tree in which the source of the tree is the _________. |
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| Root bridge election is determined by the ___________. |
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| The bridge with the __________ bridge-ID will be elected the root bridge. |
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| It is of 2 bytes and default to 32,768 on every catalyst switch. It can have value from 0 to 65,535 |
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| The port on the switch that has least cost path to the back to the root is called the ___________. |
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| In this 802.1D state the ports are administratively down. |
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| In this 802.1D state only the BPDUs are received by the switch. The switch remains in this state for 20 seconds. |
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| In this 802.1D state BPDUs are sent and received by the switch. The switch remains in this state for 15 seconds. |
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| In this 802.1D state the bridging table is built. The switch remains in this state for 15 sec. |
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| In this 802.1D state the switch finally starts to send and receive data. |
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| What is the advantage of RSTP over STP? |
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| RSTP has a much faster convergence time |
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| What is the IEEE designation of RSTP? |
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| In 802.1w each port on the switch that has the best root path cost to the root bridge is called the ___________. |
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| In 802.1w The port on a switch that has the best root path cost to the root is called the ____________. |
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| In 802.1w This is the port that has an alternate path to the root switch. This path is less desirable and different than the root port. |
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| In 802.1w a _________ takes over as soon as the designated port is down. |
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| What does PVST stand for? |
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| ______________ operates a separate instance of STP for each individual VLAN. |
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| Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST) |
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| What type of encapsulation between switches must be used by PVSTP? |
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| Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST) |
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| In networks where PVST and CST coexist, ______________ problems occur. |
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| What is the difference between PVSTP and PVSTP+ |
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| PVSTP+ has the ability to work with both PVSTP and switches using CST |
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| The 802.1Q is an IEEE ___________ protocol. |
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| In 802.1Q, Frames that belong to ____________ are not encapsulated. |
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| A _________ defines the virtual combination of switch ports resulting in a virtual domain or broadcast domain. |
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| A VLAN is simply an administratively defined subset of switch ports that are in the same broadcast domain. |
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| With VLANs and IP, best practices dictate a one-to-one relationship between VLANs and __________. |
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| What are the two ways to configure VLAN's? |
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| We need a _________ device to make device in separate VLANs communicate. |
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| One of the most important tools used to verify network connectivity is _______________. |
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| CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) |
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| _______ gives us a brief picture of the network diagram in the case of switches or routers. |
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| What command will disable CDP on an entire device? |
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| The __________________ command displays the information only about the single interface. |
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| When running a show interface command, what is the problem if the Line status is administratively down, the Protocol status is down, and the interface status is disabled? |
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| The interface needs to be configured with a no shutdown command |
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| When running a show interface command, what is the problem if the Line status is down, the Protocol status is down, and the interface status is Notconnect? |
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| Power, cable faults, and/or speed mismatches |
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| When running a show interface command, what is the problem if the Line status is down, the Protocol status is down, and the interface status is Err-disabled? |
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| Interface has been disabled due to security violation or port security |
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| This command displays the speed and duplex on all the ports of the switch |
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| We can use ___________ to provide layer 2 security. |
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| _____________ allows a switch to communicate with its directly connected neighbors about what VLANs they have locally assigned and/or are in the transit path for. |
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| What VLAN cannot be pruned? |
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| What is the benefit of VTP pruning? |
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| It automatically removes unnecessary VLAN traffic from a trunk interface |
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