Chapter 10
| 1: | What is microsegmentation? |
| A1: | Answer: Microsegmentation is the capability of treating a small number of hosts, or nodes, as a single physical segment or collision domain. Microsegmentation can be accomplished with a switch, because a switch treats each port as its own segment. |
| 2: | What are the three basic components of a switched network? |
| A2: | Answer: A switched network is composed of three basic components: physical switching platforms, a common software infrastructure, and network management tools. |
| 3: | What is a flat network? |
| A3: | Answer: A flat network is one Layer 2 network segment. It is a network in which all attached devices can reach each other without going through any intermediary hardware devices, such as a router. A VLAN is an ... |
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