Chapter 6. Multilayer Switching

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Internal and external route processors (RPs)

  • Routed interface and Switched Virtual Interface (SVI)

  • Router-on-a-stick

  • Multilayer switching (MLS)

  • Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)

  • Centralized, distributed, and topology-based switching

  • NetFlow and Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) switching

  • Forward Information Base (FIB) and adjacency tables

  • Ternary CAM (TCAM) or CEF table

  • ARP throttling

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Understand the issues when routing between VLANs

  • Configuring routing between VLANs on an internal RP used routed and SVI interfaces

  • Configuring routing between VLANs on a router-on-a-stick

  • Understand centralized, distributed, and topology-based switching

  • Using NetFlow ...

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