Chapter 8. Configuring Ethernet Switching
This chapter covers the following exam topics:
1.2 Select the components required to meet a network specification
1.3 Use the OSI and TCP/IP models and their associated protocols to explain how data flows in a network
2.2 Explain basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches
2.2.b MAC table
2.2.c Flooding
Cisco Nexus switches are designed to have both robust Layer 2 Ethernet switching features in addition to feature-rich Layer 3 routing functionality. This product family is known as a multilayer type of switch because they have the hardware and software capable of using both forwarding methods exclusively (Layer 2 only switch or Layer 3 only router) or as a Layer 3 router and Layer 2 ...
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