Cisco Switching Black Book: A Practical In-Depth Guide to Configuring, Operating and Managing Cisco LAN Switches

✍ Scribed by Sean Odom, Hanson Nottingham

• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 411
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by experienced professionals, Coriolis Black Books provide immediate solutions to global programming and administrative challenges, helping you complete specific tasks, especially critical ones that are not well documented in other books. The Black Book’s unique two?part chapter format—thorough technical overviews followed by practical immediate solutions—is structured to help you use your knowledge, solve problems, and quickly master complex technical issues to become an expert. By breaking down complex topics into easily manageable components, this format helps you quickly find what you’re looking for, with commands, jump tables, and step-by-step configurations located in the Immediate Solutions section.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 2
Cisco Switching Black Book......Page 17
How to Use This Book......Page 20
The Black Book Philosophy......Page 21
Physical Media and Switching Types......Page 22
Networking Architectures......Page 23
The Pieces of Technology......Page 25
Hubs......Page 26
Bridges......Page 27
Switches......Page 29
Network Design......Page 30
Collision Domains......Page 31
Why Upgrade to Switches?......Page 32
Switched Forwarding......Page 35
Switched Network Bottlenecks......Page 36
The Rule of the Network Road......Page 38
Fast Ethernet......Page 39
The Cisco IOS......Page 40
Powering Up the Switch......Page 41
Today™s Trend......Page 43
Entering and Exiting Subinterface Configuration Mode......Page 44
Saving Configuration Changes......Page 45
Command-Line Interfaces......Page 46
Campus Hierarchical Switching Model......Page 47
Distribution Layer......Page 48
Remote Network Monitoring......Page 49
Connecting to the Console Port......Page 50
Console Cable Pinouts......Page 51
The RJ-45-to-AUX Port Console Connector Pinouts......Page 52
The IOS Configuration Modes......Page 54
Configuring an IOS-Based CLI Switch......Page 55
Setting the Console Port Time-out Value......Page 56
Configuring a Default Route and Gateway......Page 57
Logging On to a Switch......Page 58
Changing the Console Prompt......Page 59
Configuring an IP Address and Netmask......Page 60
Configuring Port Speed and Duplex......Page 61
Configuring Trap Message Targets......Page 62
Configuring a Menu-Driven IOS......Page 63
Configuring an IP Address and Default Gateway......Page 64
Configuring SNMP......Page 65
Booting ROM Mode from a Flash Device......Page 66
Configuring RMON on a Set/Clear-Based Interface......Page 67
Using IOS-Based Command Editing Keys and Functions......Page 68
In Depth......Page 70
WAN Transmission Media......Page 71
Synchronous Transport Signal (STS)......Page 72
MGX 8200 Series......Page 73
BPX 8600 Series Wide-Area Switches......Page 74
WAN Switch Hardware Overview......Page 75
Cisco WAN Switch Network Topologies......Page 76
WAN Manager......Page 77
Changing a User™s Password......Page 78
Resetting the Switch......Page 79
Configuring the LAN Interface......Page 80
Assigning a Switch Hostname......Page 81
Displaying the IP Address......Page 82
Displaying the Alarm Level of the Switch......Page 83
BUS......Page 84
ASICs......Page 85
Crescendo Logic Units......Page 87
AXIS Bus......Page 88
CEF ASIC......Page 89
QTP ASIC......Page 91
Source Route Bridging......Page 92
Source Route Switching......Page 93
Fast Switching......Page 94
NetFlow Switching......Page 95
Loading an Image on the Supervisor Engine III......Page 96
Disabling CEF......Page 97
Viewing Network Accounting for CEF Statistics......Page 98
Enabling Console Session Logging on a Set/Clear Command-Based IOS......Page 99
Enabling the Logging Time Stamp on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 100
Disabling Server Logging......Page 101
Displaying System Logging Messages......Page 102
The Flat Network of Yesterday......Page 104
Why Use VLANs?......Page 105
A Properly Switched Network......Page 106
Switched Internetwork Security......Page 107
VLAN Boundaries......Page 108
Cisco™s VLAN Recommendations......Page 109
Trunk Types......Page 110
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)......Page 113
VTP Advertisements......Page 114
VTP Switch Modes......Page 116
InterVLAN Routing......Page 117
How InterVLAN Routing Works......Page 118
Creating VLANs on a Catalyst 1900EN Series......Page 119
Assigning a Static VLAN to an Interface on a 1900EN Series......Page 120
Configuring a Trunk Port on a Cisco 5000 Series......Page 121
Clearing VLANs from Trunk Links on a Cisco 1900EN Series......Page 123
Configuring the VTP Version on a Catalyst 5000 Switch......Page 124
Configuring a Catalyst 1900 Switch for Transparent Mode......Page 125
Configuring VTP on a 1900 Cisco IOS CLI Switch......Page 126
Displaying VTP Statistics......Page 127
Configuring IP InterVLAN Routing on an External Cisco Router......Page 128
Configuring IPX InterVLAN Routing on an External Router......Page 129
Internal Route Processors......Page 130
Available Route Processors......Page 132
Supervisor Engines I and II......Page 136
Supervisor Engine III......Page 137
Etherport Modules......Page 138
Determining the Slot Number in Which a Module Resides......Page 139
Configuring a Hostname on the RSM......Page 140
Setting the Port Speed and Port Name on an Ethernet Interface......Page 141
Enabling RIP on an RSM......Page 142
Configuring InterVLAN Routing on an RSM......Page 143
Configuring AppleTalk InterVLAN Routing on an RSM......Page 144
Viewing the MAC Addresses......Page 145
Configuring Port Security on an Ethernet Module......Page 146
Configuring the Catalyst 5000 Supervisor Engine Module......Page 147
Setting the boot config-register on the Supervisor Engine Module......Page 148
Viewing the Supervisor Engine Configuration......Page 149
Configuring the Cisco 2621 External Router for ISL Trunking......Page 150
Configuring Redundancy Using HSRP......Page 151
IP Multicasting Overview......Page 153
Unicast......Page 154
Multicast......Page 155
The Multicast IP Structure......Page 156
Multicast Distribution Tree......Page 158
IGMP Protocols......Page 159
IGMPv1......Page 161
IGMPv2......Page 162
IGMP Snooping......Page 163
Router Group Management Protocol......Page 164
Disabling PIM on an Interface......Page 165
Changing the IGMP Version......Page 166
Displaying Multicast Routers......Page 167
Disabling IGMP Fast-Leave Processing......Page 168
Displaying IGMP Multicast Groups......Page 169
Displaying CGMP Statistics......Page 170
Displaying RGMP Groups......Page 171
Configuring GMRP......Page 172
Configuring GMRP Registration......Page 173
Displaying GMRP Timers......Page 174
Disabling Multicast Suppression......Page 175
ATM Overview......Page 176
LANE......Page 177
ATM Cells......Page 178
The ATM Reference Model......Page 180
Specifying ATM Connections......Page 182
Local Area Network Emulation (LANE)......Page 183
LANE Components......Page 184
LANE Communication......Page 188
How LANE Works......Page 190
Configuring ATM on the 5000 Switch......Page 191
Connecting in an ATM Network......Page 193
Displaying the Selector Field......Page 194
Configuring a LEC for an ELAN......Page 195
Verifying a LEC Configuration on an ELAN......Page 196
Binding the LECS Address to an Interface......Page 197
Verifying the LECS Configuration......Page 198
LightStream 100......Page 199
LightStream 1010......Page 200
LightStream 2020......Page 201
Virtual Path Connections......Page 202
LightStream Boot Process......Page 203
Multiprotocol Over ATM......Page 204
Configuring the Processor Card Ethernet Interface......Page 205
Verifying an ATM Interface Connection Status......Page 206
Viewing the LANE Configuration......Page 207
Viewing the Installed Modules......Page 208
Changing the MPS Variables......Page 209
Configuring LANE on a LightStream 1010......Page 210
Configuring the LS100 Switch......Page 211
Recovering a Lost Password......Page 212
Frames......Page 215
Layer 2 Network Loops......Page 216
Edsger Dijkstra™s Graph Theory......Page 217
STP Root Bridges......Page 218
Bridge Protocol Data Units......Page 219
Root Bridge Selection......Page 221
Spanning Tree Convergence Time......Page 223
STP Port States......Page 224
EtherChannel......Page 225
Port Aggregation Protocol......Page 226
UplinkFast......Page 227
Enabling STP on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 228
Viewing the STP Configuration on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 229
Disabling STP on an IOS Command-Based Switch......Page 230
Configuring the STP Secondary Root Switch......Page 231
Assigning a Port Cost to a Port Using a CLI-Based Switch......Page 232
Configuring the Port Priority on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 233
Adjusting the Hello Timer on a Set/Clear Command-Based IOS......Page 234
Viewing the Port Setting for EtherChannel on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 235
Creating an EtherChannel on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 236
Viewing an EtherChannel Administrative Group......Page 237
Verifying the EtherChannel Configuration on a Command Line Interface IOS......Page 238
Enabling PortFast on a CLI-Based IOS Switch......Page 239
Disabling UplinkFast on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 240
Disabling UplinkFast on a Cisco IOS Command-Based Switch......Page 241
Viewing the BackboneFast Configuration......Page 242
How MLS Works......Page 243
MLS Components......Page 244
MLS Flows......Page 246
Access List Flow Masks......Page 247
MLS Troubleshooting Notes......Page 248
Configuring MLS......Page 249
Aging Timers......Page 250
Configuring an External MLS Route Processor......Page 251
Adding an MLS Interface to a VTP Domain......Page 252
Re-enabling MLS on a Catalyst 6000......Page 253
Disabling Fast Aging on a Catalyst 6000......Page 254
Disabling MLS Management on an Interface on the Catalyst 5000......Page 255
Viewing MLS-RP Specifics......Page 256
Viewing MLS Statistics on the Catalyst 5000......Page 257
Viewing MLS Entries......Page 258
Routing Problems......Page 259
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol......Page 260
The Solution......Page 261
The HSRP States......Page 263
HSRP Interface Tracking......Page 264
Enabling HSRP and Assigning an IP Address to a Standby Group......Page 265
Setting the HSRP Hello and Hold Timers......Page 266
Configuring Two RSFC Interfaces as One HSRP Group......Page 267
Using the show standby Command......Page 268
Using the debug Command......Page 269
Access Security Policies......Page 270
Distribution Layer Policies......Page 271
Implementing Privilege Levels......Page 277
Port Security......Page 278
Creating a Standard Access List......Page 279
Creating an Extended Access List......Page 280
Applying Access Lists Using distribute-list......Page 282
Configuring Line Console Time-Out Values......Page 283
Enabling HTTP Access......Page 284
Enabling Port Security......Page 285
Displaying the MAC Address Table......Page 286
CVSM Client Requirements......Page 288
CVSM Default Home Page......Page 289
The Switch Image......Page 290
Configuring the Switch with an IP Address and Setting the Default Web Administration Port......Page 291
Connecting to the Web Management Console......Page 292
Configuring the Switch Port Analyzer......Page 297
Main Menu Choices......Page 299
[C] Console Settings......Page 300
[S] System Menu......Page 301
[N] Network Management......Page 302
[P] Port Configuration......Page 305
[A] Port Addressing......Page 308
[V] Virtual LAN......Page 309
[F] Firmware......Page 310
[I] RS-232 Interface......Page 311
[U] Usage Summaries......Page 312
Configuring Network Settings on the 1900 and 2820 Series......Page 314
Configuring Broadcast Storm Control on Switch Ports......Page 315
Configuring SNMP on the 1900 Series......Page 316
Configuring Port Monitoring on the Standard Edition IOS......Page 319
Configuring VLANs on the Standard Edition IOS......Page 320
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol......Page 323
POST......Page 325
Indicator Lights......Page 326
Switch Cabling......Page 327
CiscoWorks for Switched Internetworks......Page 328
IOS Software Troubleshooting Commands......Page 329
Viewing the Set/Clear IOS Configuration......Page 332
Viewing the CLI-Based IOS Configuration......Page 336
Using the show flash Command on a Set/Clear Command-Based IOS......Page 337
Testing the Supervisor Engine Hardware on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 338
Viewing the System Configuration on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 339
Viewing the VLAN Configuration on a Set/Clear Command-Based Switch......Page 340
Viewing the Spanning Tree Configuration on a Set/Clear Command-Based IOS......Page 341
Viewing the Spanning Tree Configuration on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 342
Viewing the CAM (MAC Address) Table on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 344
Viewing the CDP Neighbors on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 345
Viewing Port Statistics on a Set/Clear IOS......Page 346
Viewing Port Statistics on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 348
Using the show port Command on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 349
Using the show vlan Command on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 350
Using the show interface Command on a CLI-Based IOS......Page 351
Using the show log Command on a Set/Clear Command-Based IOS......Page 352
Launching the Diagnostic Console on a Cisco 1900 or 2820 Series Switch......Page 353
Using the Diagnostic Console to Upgrade the Firmware on a Cisco 1900 or 2820 Series Switch......Page 354
Using the Diagnostic Console for Debugging the Firmware and Hardware......Page 355
Live Cisco Training/Internet-Based Labs/Study Resources......Page 357
Multilayer Switching......Page 358
Standards Organizations......Page 359
Cisco Job Search Sites......Page 360
Overview......Page 361
Establishing Credibility......Page 363
Designing a Solution......Page 364
Presenting the Final Proposal and Creating Expectations......Page 365
Failing to Be There When Promised, or Rushing through the Job......Page 366
Assuming You Know What the Customer Needs......Page 367
Conclusion......Page 368
Required Equipment......Page 369
Lab Objectives......Page 370
The 1912 Basic Configuration......Page 371
The Catalyst 5000 Basic Configuration......Page 373
Configuring the Cisco 2621 Interface for ISL Trunking......Page 374
Cisco Catalyst 1900......Page 375
Cisco Catalyst 2900......Page 376
Cisco Catalyst 3500 Series XL......Page 378
Cisco Catalyst 3900 Series......Page 379
Distribution Layer Switches......Page 380
Catalyst 5000 Series......Page 381
Catalyst 6000 Series......Page 382
Core Layer/WAN Switches......Page 383
Cisco Catalyst 8400 Series......Page 384
Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series......Page 385
BPX 8600 Series......Page 386
MGX 8800 Series......Page 387
12000 Series Gigabit Switch Routers......Page 388
A......Page 389
B......Page 391
C......Page 392
D......Page 394
E-F......Page 396
G-I......Page 398
K-L......Page 401
M-N......Page 402
O-P......Page 404
Q-R......Page 406
S......Page 407
T......Page 409
U-X......Page 411