Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (Part 1)

A primary text for intermediate level courses in Cisco certification and multilayer switching.Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks is the ONLY official coursebook based on the Cisco authorized course of the same name. Based on the content of the new BCMSN course, this book focuses on building and managing high-speed Ethernet campus networks. It defines for the student the Cisco-recommended campus network design, then provides an in-depth look at Layer 2 switching technologies such as Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), VLAN technologies, frame tagging protocols, VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP), and Dynamic Trunk Protocol (DTP).