Cisco Press CCDA symbology
tech-airman
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What does the "Layer 3 switch" symbol with the letters "Si" in the core (attempting a little CCDA humor) mean?
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mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■Ah.... core.... Si in the symbol -- I get it
I'd say Si is Standard Image..... is there an Ei one too (for Enhanced Image)?:mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set! -
dtlokee Member Posts: 2,378 ■■■■□□□□□□They use the Si for the "silicon switching", I guess it's a bit dated but that is how they would represent a switch doing L3 switching in hardware. Now I think it goes without saying that multilayer switching is done in hardware. They also used a switch icon with an extra bit on the bottom that had 4 rectangles with lines between them to represent a L3 switch with the MFFC installed (going back to the 5000/5500 here)The only easy day was yesterday!
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ITdude Member Posts: 1,181 ■■■□□□□□□□Wow!, you really are a veritible fountain of knowledge!I usually hang out on 224.0.0.10 (FF02::A) and 224.0.0.5 (FF02::5) when I'm in a non-proprietary mood.
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tech-airman Member Posts: 953dtlokee wrote:They use the Si for the "silicon switching", I guess it's a bit dated but that is how they would represent a switch doing L3 switching in hardware. Now I think it goes without saying that multilayer switching is done in hardware. They also used a switch icon with an extra bit on the bottom that had 4 rectangles with lines between them to represent a L3 switch with the MFFC installed (going back to the 5000/5500 here)
dtlokee,
Do you mean "silicon switching" in terms of those methods of switching above and beyond: 1) store and forward 2) cut through 3) fragment free ? The "switching methods" that were in the Routing/BSCI materials that confused me when switching was mentioned in the routing materials? If so, then a just lit in my head. I have this recollection of "process switching" as another switching method.