Organization of This Book

This book follows the list of objectives for the CCNP BCMSN exam:

Chapter 1, “Network Design Requirements”—Provides an overview of the two different design models from Cisco—the Service-Oriented Network Architecture and the Enterprise Composite Network Model.

Chapter 2, “VLANs”—Describes how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs, including topics such as Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).

Chapter 3, “STP and EtherChannel”—Describes how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), including topics such as configuring the root switch; port priorities; timers; PortFast; BPDU Guard; UplinkFast and BackboneFast; Configuring L2 and L3 EtherChannel; load balancing; ...

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