Saturday, November 10, 2007

CCNA ICND2 Practice Tests

SimulationExams.com, recently released CCNA ICND2 (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2) practice tests. ICND2 exam counts toward CCNA certification awarded by Cisco Systems®. CCNA ICND2 isintended for candidates who have experience in configuration and troubleshootingof Cisco networking devices.. The practice tests offered by SimulationExamsprovide a simulated test environment for candidates before appearing for thecertification exam.

The advantages of a simulated exam are:

  • Ability to gauge one's preparedness to take actual certification exam
  • To strengthen weak areas
  • To familiarize oneself with actual exam environment (such as timed test, lab practice, relevant practice questions, etc.)

CCNA ICND2 is one of the two qualifying exams available to candidates pursuing a two-exam option for Cisco Certified Network Associate Certification. To achieve CCNA, one need to pass both CCENT (also known as CCNA ICND1), and the CCNA ICND2 exams. Alternatively, one can obtain CCNA certification by passing a single exam, 640-802.

Related exam: CCNA ICND1

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Saturday, November 03, 2007

VTP Trunking Protocol

VLAN Trunking Protocol

  • VTP sends messages between trunked switches to maintain VLANs on these switches in order to properly trunk.

  • VTP is a Cisco proprietary method of managing VLANs between switches and runs across any type of trunking mechanism.

  • VTP messages are exchanged between switches within a common VTP domain.

  • VTP domains must be defined or VTP disabled before a VLAN can be created.

  • Exchanges of VTP information can be controlled by passwords.

  • VTP manages only VLANs 2 through 1002.

  • VTP allows switches to synchronize their VLANs based on a configuration revision number.

  • Switches can operate in one of three VTP modes: server, transparent, or client.

  • VTP can prune unneeded VLANs from trunk links.

Reference: Cisco Press Book