LAN Design - notes

LAN Design 1 - notes

A network requires many features: _______________ , ________________ and ___________________
The first step in designing a LAN is to establish and document the goals of the design:

_________________--The network must be designed with an eye toward future technologies.

_________________-The network must work, must provide user-to-user and user-to-application

connectivity with reasonable speed and reliability.

_________________-The network must be able to grow.

_________________--The network should be designed to facilitate network monitoring.

1.1 Critical components of LAN design

The critical components of the overall LAN design for high-speed technologies and multimedia-based
applications are:

The function and ____________ of servers

_______________ domain versus _____________ domains

Collision detection and ________________

1.2 Placement of servers

Servers provide services: ________________ , ___________________, ___________________.
Servers typically do not function as workstations, and each server usually is dedicated to one function.
Servers can be categorized into two distinct classes: enterprise servers and workgroup servers.
An enterprise server

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ .

A workgroup server

___________________________________________________________ .
___________________________________________________________ .

1.3 Collision detection

The possible sources of broadcasts are

too many client packets looking for services,

__________________________________________

too many routing table updates,

__________________________________________.

As traffic increases on the shared media, the rate of collisions also increases. An excessive number of
collisions will reduce available bandwidth. In most cases, the actual available bandwidth is reduced to a
fraction (about ____ % to ____ %) of the full bandwidth.
This reduction in bandwidth can be remedied by ___________________________________________
__________________________________________.
1.4 Segmentation
Segmentation is the process of __________________________________________________________
_________________ . Layer 2 (the data link layer) devices ( __________ or _________ ) can be used to
segment a logical bus topology and create separate collision domains.
All broadcasts from any host are visible to all other hosts in the same broadcast domain. It is important to
remember that __________ and _____________ forward broadcast (FF-FF-FF-FF-FF) traffic, and that
____________ normally do not.
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1.5 Bandwidth versus broadcast domains

A bandwidth domain is everything associated with one port on a ___________ or ___________.
Bandwidth domain is also known as ______________________.
2.1 Gathering and analyzing requirements
The systematic steps to realize a corretc LAN design include the following:

Gathering _________________________________________

Analyzing _________________________________________

Designing the Layer 1, 2, and 3 LAN structure

Documenting _______________________________________

What kind of information do you have to gather? ______________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
What kind of answers do you have to do? ___________________________________________________

2.2 Physical topologies used in networking

What kind of network topologies are by far the dominant configurations in the industry?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.1 Designing the layer 1 topology
The physical cabling is one of the most important components to consider when designing a network. Design
issues include _______________________________________________________________________ .
Layer 1 cabling media include types such as ____________________________________________ and
______________________________ , along with the __________________________ for layout and
connection of wiring schemes.
What kind of cable can be used in the horizontal runs? ____________________________________
3.2 Diagramming a standards-based Ethernet cable run from the workstation to the HCC
In a simple star topology with only one wiring closet, the MDF includes ____________________________
_____________. HCC patch cables are used to connect _______________________________________.
3.3 HCC, VCC, MDF and IDF
When hosts in larger networks are outside the 100-meter limitation for Category 5 UTP, usually we use
_________________________________________ .
What is a multiple catchment area? ______________________________________________________ .
What is a IDF? ______________________________________________________________________
TIA/EIA 568-A Standards specify that IDFs should be connected to the MDF by using ______________
____________________ .
What is a VCC? ____________________________________________________________________
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