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Link aggregation logically combines multiple physical connections into a single logical connection to increase bandwidth and reliability. It is implemented using LACP to signal aggregated links between devices. Port monitoring allows traffic analysis by mirroring traffic from one port to another. 802.1X provides user authentication for network access using supplicants, authenticators, and authentication servers.

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Switch Feature

Link aggregation logically combines multiple physical connections into a single logical connection to increase bandwidth and reliability. It is implemented using LACP to signal aggregated links between devices. Port monitoring allows traffic analysis by mirroring traffic from one port to another. 802.1X provides user authentication for network access using supplicants, authenticators, and authentication servers.

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Link Aggregation

Link Aggregation
• If all ports on a switch are operating at the same speed
(for example, 1 Gbps), the most likely ports to
experience congestion are ports connecting to another
switch or router
• logically combine multiple physical connections into a
single logical connection, over which traffic can be sent,
is called link aggregation.
LAG (Link Aggregation Group)

 LAG is a process of inter-connecting two switches with two or more links between them
(or between a switch and a server), so that multiple links are combined into one bigger
virtual link that can carry a higher (combined) bandwidth.
 LAG is also used for increasing link reliability.
 multiple links connect two devices, even if one fails the other links keep carrying the
information and the traffic on the failed link is also transferred to them.
 LAG is a static protocol and needs to be configured individually for each pair of physical
ports. LAG is a standard.
 LAG can also be called a port-channel, a bond, or a team
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
 803.2ad or 802.1AX, also called Link Aggregation Control Protocol or LACP.
 LACP is the standards based protocol used to signal LAGs
 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is a protocol for the collective handling of multiple
physical ports that can be seen as a single channel for network traffic purposes.

LACP can be configured in one of two modes:


•Active mode – the device immediately sends LACP messages (LACP PDUs) when the port
comes up
•Passive mode – Places a port into a passive negotiating state, in which the port only
responds to LACP PDUs it receives but does not initiate LACP negotiation
Port Monitoring
Port Monitoring
• For troubleshooting purposes, you might want to
analyze packets flowing over the network.
• port mirroring feature, which makes a copy of traffic
seen on one port and sends that duplicated traffic out
another port (to which a network sniffer could be
attached).
User Authentication
• For security purposes, some switches require users to authenticate themselves
(that is, provide credentials, such as a username and password, to prove who
they are) before gaining access to the rest of the network.
• standards-based method of enforcing user authentication is IEEE 802.1X.
Three primary components of an 802.1X network
Component Description
Supplicant The device that wants to gain access to the network
Authenticator: The authenticator forwards the supplicant’s authentication
request on to an authentication server. After the authentication
server authenticates the supplicant, the authenticator receives a
key that is used to communicate securely during a session with
the supplicant.
Authentication The authentication server (for example, a Remote Authentication
server: Dial In User Service [RADIUS] server) checks a supplicant’s
credentials. If the credentials are acceptable, the authentication
server notifies the authenticator that the supplicant is allowed to
communicate on the network. The authentication server also
gives the authenticator a key that can be used to securely
transmit data during the authenticator’s session with the
supplicant.
Switch Interface Properties
Basic Interface Configuration
Speed and Duplex
 Speed : 10/100/1000
 Duplex: Half/Full
 Automatic and Manual
 Needs to match on both sides

IP Address Management
 Layer 3 interfaces
 VLAN interfaces
 Management interfaces
 IP address, subnet mask/CIDR block, default gateway, DNS (optional)
VLAN
VLAN assignment
 Each device port should be assigned a VLAN

Trucking
 Connecting switches together
 Multiple VLANs in a single link

Tagged and untagged VLANs


 Non-tagged frame is on the default VLAN
 Also called the native VLAN
 Trunk port will tag the outgoing frames
 And remove the tag on incoming frames
Power over Ethernet PoE and PoE+
PoE : IEEE 802.3af – 2003
 Power provide on an Ethernet cable  The original PoE specification
 One wire for both network and electricity  Included in 802.3at
 Phones, cameras, wireless access points  Now part of the 802.3 standard
 Useful in difficult-to-power areas  15.4 watts DC Power
 Maximum current of 350 mA
 Power Provided at the switch
 Built-in power - Endspans PoE+ : IEEE 802.3at -2009
 In-line power injector – Midspans  The updated PoE specification
 25.5 watts DC Power
 Power Modes  Maximum current of 600mA
 Mode A – Power on the data pairs
 Mode B – Power on the spare pairs

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