2.1.d Implement and Troubleshoot Trunking

Section 2.1.d Implement and Troubleshoot Trunking   There was no section to discuss Cisco's Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) so I decided to do it here. DTP allows us to dynamically form trunks on ports where two devices are speaking the DTP protocol. In theory this sounds great, it makes the network plug-n-play. In reality it …

Cisco Nexus Storm-Control SNMP Trap and EMM Email Script

I'd like to preface this by saying on the nexus platform storm-control by default does not actually errdisable the port (I believe in catalyst it did). We can just have it syslog and generate an SNMP trap. en conf t event manager environment _email_to [email protected] event manager environment _email_server x.x.x.x event manager environment _email_from [email protected]

2.1.c Implement and Troubleshoot VLAN Flash Cards

2.1.c Implement and Troubleshoot VLAN Flash Cards   Here are my flash cards for 2.1.c Implement and Troubleshoot VLAN. I am giving these flash cards in TXT and in an ANKI package. If you don’t have or know what Anki is, it is my favorite , free flash card program: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Here is the Anki …

2.1.b Flash Cards

CCIE R&S 5.1 2.1.b Flash Cards   Here are my flash cards for 2.1.a Implement and troubleshoot layer 2 protocols. I am giving these flash cards in TXT and in an ANKI package. If you don’t have or know what Anki is, it is my favorite , free flash card program: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Here is the …

2.1.c (iii) Normal, Extended VLAN, Voice VLAN

Section 2.1.c (iii) Normal, Extended VLAN, Voice VLAN   99% of the time when you are working with vlans, you will be working with normal and extended vlans. The normal range is 1 - 1001 The reserved range is 1002-- 1005 The extended range is 1006 - 4094 The reserved range is reserved for FDDI …

2.1.c (ii) VLAN Database

Section 2.1.c (ii) VLAN Database The vlan database is what holds all VLAN and some VTP configuration. This database is stored as the file vlan.dat in NVRAM/flash. Since vlan information is not entirely saved in the running or startup config, an erase of these configs will not remove vlans from the switch. One would need …