Access, Distribution, Core question

fightclub34

Ok i keep hearing that the core should just do switching. If you have vlans that are terminating at the distribution layers with SVI's how exactly does the data flow from the distribution to the core. Is it layer 3 interfaces or do you create SVI's on the core to route in the distribution layer vlans. When i hear routed port to me that means layer 3 and routing not switching. If anyone has an example of how the core layer is suppose to be setup that would be awesome

bighornsheep

It could be 10gig ports, atm interfaces, or many other high speed interfaces.

Typically, you keep the core as a single layer 2 domain without another router to keep things at high transmission speeds.