Good point. Although the Test Question World did talk about expanding to 45
people and this idea of expandability and multiple floors point to a backbone
switch, IMHO. In the Real World often I have had customer who popluate the
Catalyst 5500 (more often a 6500 these days) with GigE and GBICs and run them
via fiber to 3548's on each floor.
-Jonathan
Jim Dixon wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> The question at the end of the description states ACCESS layer as the layer
> for which we are to select the switch.
> While I don't disagree totally with your assessment of what should be
> selected, I think the answer should be 2900 series
> just more than one and if the truth be known the 3500 series might fit even
> better although IT is not listed as an option.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:46 AM
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: BCMSN Questions - Pls Help
>
> In addition to just getting the "right" answers I would suggest doing some
> research. Go
> to www.cisco.com, under Prodcuts and Technologies select Switches. You will
> be presented
> with a top level description of Cisco's switch line and many links to
> explore. Learning
> HOW to figure out the answers will be important on the job.
>
> Right away you see that the 8500 series switch is an ATM switch, so you can
> throw that
> one out. The 1900 series is fixed at 24 ports maximum (the two 100 Mbps
> ports are
> generally used for uplinks). The question points to a backbone switch
> solution with the
> keywords "multiple floors" and the desire to expand to 45 ports. Although
> there is a
> 2948 (48 ports) and a 2980 (80 ports) most of the Cisco training literature
> suggests the
> use of a Catalyst 5500 (or 6500) as a backbone series switch.
>
> Giggsy wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > While i am preparing for my Switching 2.0 Exam, i encounter the following
> 2
> > questions while i do the pracice exams which have different answers. Would
> > appreciate if someone could enlighten me what should be the CORRECT
> answer.
> >
> > Question 1
> > ==============
> > The ACME company is a small manufacturing company that wants to
> interconnect
> > users on multiple floors in the same building. To date, the company has
> only
> > 15 employees but plans to triple in number in the next year. Users require
> > access to large graphic files on the workgroup servers. What is the most
> > appropriate device for the access layer?
> >
> > A. Catalyst 8500 series switch
> > B. Catalyst 5500 series switch with an internal RSM
> > C. Catalyst 1900 series switch with 10 BaseT ports
> > D. Catalyst 2900 series switch with 100 BaseTX ports
> >
> > COLT said that the answer should be D BUT the course book's answer is C.
> So
> > which one should it be???
> >
> > Question 2
> > ===============
> > how to find out what error messages were being sent to the other out-bands
> > besides the console port.
> >
> > So what is the answer for this?
> >
> > Hope someone can help. Thanks
> >
> > Regards
> >
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