"I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work."
– Raf Simons
We discussed the various elements of the enterprise network in the previous chapter. In this chapter, we will delve deep into the campus network, and the various technologies used in the campus network. A list of the topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
- Layer 2 technologies used in the campus network, including Ethernet, Spanning Tree protocol, link aggregation, and their configuration
- Various layer 3 technologies used in the campus network, including first hop redundancy protocols and routing protocols
- Configuration guidelines for the various layer 2 and layer 3 technologies
- Campus design considerations
We will adopt a use case approach in the document, and take a sample...