This section covers designs for high availability network services in the access layer. Redundancy Models When designing a network topology...
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) is a router redundancy protocol defined in RFC 3768. VRRPv2 supports only IPv4. RFC 5798...
Virtual Switching System (VSS) solves the Spanning Tree Protocol unused blocked links problem by converting the distribution switching pair into...
Designing redundant routes has two purposes: balancing loads and increasing availability. Load Balancing Most IP routing protocols can balance loads...
In mission-critical applications, it is often necessary to provide redundant media. In switched networks, switches can have redundant links to...
A campus LAN connects two or more buildings within a local geographic area using a high-bandwidth LAN media backbone. Usually,...
For the access layer of a campus LAN, you can classify and mark frames or packets to apply quality-of-service (QoS)...
WANs provide network connectivity for the enterprise core and remote branch locations. The enterprise edge, on the other hand, securely...
Enterprises can have multiple WAN interconnections. WAN connectivity between an organization’s headquarters and remote sites is generally across a service...
Several factors should be considered when selecting a WAN transport technology. Some WAN options are public Internet based, and some...