Configuring Interfaces and Switches
Goals
- Deploy networking devices
- Explain network interfaces
- Deploy common Ethernet switching features
- Troubleshoot transceiver and switching issues
Network Interfaces
A network interface is the means by which a node is connected to the media and exchanges data with other network hosts.
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involves:
- a physical connection to the network media
- data link protocol for addressing and framing
Ethernet Switches
Switch Port Configuration
- Link Aggregation and NIC Teaming
- Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
- Power over Ethernet
- reconcile these into a single page