Tag: switching

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Dec2013
Switches register the source MAC address seen on their ports to generate a MAC address table also known as Content Addressable Memory (CAM) table.   A MAC address table has the source MAC address the port that learned it a timer to aging out the VLAN the source MAC address belongs to When a switch ... Read More
December 26, 2013Praveen Bahethi

18

Nov2013

VLAN Trunking Protocol

VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) reduces administration in a switched network. When you configure a new VLAN on one VTP server, the VLAN is distributed through all switches in the domain via trunk links. This reduces the need to configure the same VLAN everywhere. VTP is a Cisco-proprietary protocol that is ... Read More
November 18, 2013Praveen Bahethi