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Objectives
Compare and contrast store-and-forward and cut-through switching Understand the differences between hubs, bridges, and switches Describe the main functions of switches List the major switch frame transmission modes Describe the process by which switches learn addresses Identify and define forwarding modes Define LAN segmentation
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Table of Content
1 Introduction to Ethernet/802.3 LANs 2 Introduction to LAN Switching 3 Switch Operation
Thin Ethernet
Limited to 185m before signal degradation Less expensive and still difficult to pull through buildings 10Mbps shared bandwidth
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Segment
Segment
All nodes on a shared Ethernet media transmit and receive data using a data frame broadcast method
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Half-duplex Networks
Full-duplex Transmitting
10 or 100 Mbps Full-Duplex 10 or 100 Mbps 10 or 100 Mbps 10 or 100 Mbps
Full-duplex Ethernet allows the transmission of a packet and the reception of a different packet at the same time. This connection is considered point-to-point and is collision free Full-duplex Ethernet offers 100% of the bandwidth in both directions
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Network Latency
There is the time it takes the source NIC to place voltage pulses on the wire and the time it takes the receiving NIC to interpret these pulses. There is the actual propagation delay as the signal takes time to travel along the cable. Latency is added according to which networking devices, whether they are Layer 1, Layer 2, or Layer 3, are added to the path between the two communicating computers.
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LAN Segmentation
Switches eliminate the impacts of collisions through the micro-segmentation Work with existing 802.3(CSMA/CD)
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A 4 Data A to B C 3
1 Interface 2
1 2 3 4
Station
A B C
Data A to B
Interface
1 2 3 4
Station
B
A B C
A 4
1 Interface C 3
Data B to A
1 2 3 4
Station
A B C X
- Send out all port when destination address is broadcast, multicast, unknown - Forwards when destination on different segment
A 4 Data B to A C 3
Interface
1 2 3 4
Station
B
A B C X
Latency is the period of time from when the beginning of a frame enters to when the end of the frame exits the switch. Latency is directly related to the configured switching process and volume of traffic.
Memory Buffering
In port-based memory buffering frames are stored in queues that are linked to specific incoming ports. A frame is transmitted to the outgoing port only when all the frames ahead of it in the queue have been successfully transmitted. Shared memory buffering deposits all frames into a common memory buffer which all the ports on the switch share. The frames in the buffer are linked dynamically to the transmit port.
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Cut-through
The frame is forwarded through the switch before the entire frame is received. At a minimum the frame destination address must be read before the frame can be forwarded. This mode decreases the latency of the transmission, but also reduces error detection
Fragment-free
Fragment-free switching filters out collision fragments before forwarding begins. Fragment-free switching waits until the packet is determined not to be a collision fragment before forwarding.
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Reading the source MAC address of each received frame Recording the port on which the MAC address was received If the address is not found, the bridge forwards the frame out all ports except the port on which it was received. If the address is found in an address table and the address is associated with the port on which it was received, the frame is discarded. If the address is found in an address table and the address is not associated with the port on which it was received, the bridge forwards the frame to the port associated with the address.
Bridges are capable of filtering frames based on any Layer 2 fields Most Ethernet bridges can filter broadcast and multicast frames Today, bridges are also able to filter according to the network-layer protocol
Microsegmentation Implementation
Summary
The basic operations of a switch The differences between Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching Symmetric and asymmetric switching Memory buffering Store-and-forward and cut-through switchings The differences between hubs, bridges, and switches The main functions of switches Major switch frame transmission modes The process by which switches learn addresses The frame-filtering process LAN segmentation Microsegmentation using switching
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Q&A