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CCNADiscovery:DesigningandSupportingComputerNetworks Chapter2CaseStudy NetworkDesign Note:ThiscasestudyutilizesPacketTracer.PleaseseetheChapter2PacketTracerfilelocatedin SupplementalMaterials. IntroductionandScenario Theenterprisenetworkisnowperformingmuchbetterthanitdidwhenyouwerefirstrequestedto improveit.Youhavearrangedforextensiveredundantlinkstobeaddedtothenetwork,andyoufeel comfortablethatinternallyitisnowlesspronetoasinglepointoffailure.However,younoticethat whenyoumonitortrafficonthenetwork,someofthelinksthatyoudesignedtobeusedonlyasback upsappeartobecarryingtraffic,andlinksyouassumedwouldbeprimarylinksareinactive.Suddenly, yourealizewhatishappening!

Nowthatyouhavemultiplepotentialloops,thespanningtreealgorithmisdoingexactlywhatitshould do,whichismakingcertainthattherearenoloopsinthenetwork.Theproblemisthatthespanning treeprocessiscompletelyrandom,sinceyouhaventmadeanychangestothenetworkthatwill determinehowitshouldoperate.Forinstance,whichlinksshouldberedundantandwhichswitch shouldbecometherootbridge.Youmustdosomethingaboutthis.


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CCNADiscovery:DesigningandSupportingComputerNetworks Chapter2CaseStudy Havingthepotentialtodisrupttrafficwhenthespanningtreeprotocolrecomputesasyoumakeyour plannedchanges,yousendanallstationsemailadvisingthatthenetworkwillbedisruptedfora coupleofhoursthatevening,andresignyourselftoalongnightahead. Task1 YouhavedeterminedthatyouwanttheCore#2switchtobetherootswitchinthespanningtree.Make thenecessarychangestoensurethatCore#2isalwayschosenastheroot.(Hint:dontusezero!).You alsowantCore#1tobethedesignatedbackuprootbridge. Scenario2 NowthatthespanningtreeisrecomputedwithCore_2astheroot,youcanlookattrafficpatternsagain andseehowthelinksarebehaving.However,itisstillnotquiteasyouwouldlike.Youdeterminethat additionalchangesarerequired. Task2 Adjustthenecessaryparametersonthedistributionswitchesandaccessswitchessothattheprimary linksareusedratherthantheredundantlinks(Hint:afasterlinkhasalowercost!) Note: ItisconsideredthatCore#2istheprimarycoreswitchforDistributionswitches3and4and Core#1forDistributionswitches1and2. Access1isprimaryforDistribution1,Access2isprimaryforDistribution2etc(thecrossover linksareconsideredtheredundantlinks). Inaddition,thelinksbetweenDistribution1and2andbetween3and4areconsidered redundantlinks. MakethepriorityofthedistributionswitchesoneincrementaboveCore#1whichshouldbeone incrementaboveCore#2 Reflection Checkthetrafficpatternsandcomparewiththegivenanswer.Usetheshowcommandtocheckthe resultsonthespanningtreeonvariousswitchesandcomparetheoutput.Canyouanalyzeeachline? Doesitagreewiththeclearrepresentationyoucansee?Whydoesthepriorityvalueappeartobeone greaterthanwhatyouset?

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