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What is the primary purpose of a VLAN?
Ans: To create a broadcast domain; enable segmentation or isolation of broadcast traffic
Qiz Unassigned Cisco switch ports remain in which VLAN?
Ans: VLAN 1
Qiz Do VLANs prevent broadcast storms?
Ans: No, they minimize the size and effect of the broadcast storm on neighbor switches and hosts
Qiz What are four advantages to using VLANs?
Ans: 1. Enable access to network services based on logical requirements
,2. Network security is optimized with VLANs that enable managing and filtering sensitive traffic from
other network traffic
3. Bandwidth efficiency is accomplished through segmenting traffic into smaller broadcast domains
4. Easier add/move/delete administration of endpoints on a network and scalability for larger enterprise
deployments
Qiz What is the Layer 2 Broadcast Destination Address?
Ans: FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
Qiz What is the Layer 3 Broadcast Destination Address?
Ans: 255.255.255.255
Qiz What is VLAN 1 used for and can it be deleted?
Ans: Management Traffic; it cannot be deleted
Qiz What is the normal VLAN range?
Ans: VLAN 2 - 1001
Qiz What is the extended VLAN range?
Ans: VLAN 1006 - 4094
,Qiz What VLANs are auto-created and cannot be deleted?
Ans: VLAN 1, 1002 - 1005
Qiz What VLANs cannot be pruned from a trunk?
Ans: VLAN 1006 - 4094
Qiz How many VLANs can be assigned to a switch access port?
Ans: Only one VLAN unless you are connecting an IP phone
Qiz What commands would you use to setup a switch access port with an IP phone?
Ans: interface <interface#/#>
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan #
switchport voice vlan #
Qiz Where is the switch VLAN configuration stored?
Ans: vlan.dat file
Qiz What commands would you use to globally create and name a VLAN?
, Ans: vlan #
name <name_of_vlan>
Qiz What is the default switch port mode?
Ans: Access port
Qiz What will switch access ports do with am Ethernet frame it receives with an 802.1q tag?
Ans: It will discard the packet without learning the source MAC address
Qiz What command would you use to configure a range of switch ports?
Ans: interface range gigabitethernet#/# - #
Qiz What command lists all VLANs configured on a switch?
Ans: show vlan or show vlan brief
Qiz What command is used to display the switch ports assigned to a single VLAN?
Ans: show vlan id <vlan>
Qiz When are data messages forwarded to the default gateway?