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Figure 8—CISCO 2924 switch “front” view, 24-port switch (100 Base T ports—all ports
capable of being uplinks).
Figures 6 and 7 show the switches common to most students in these labs. These
switches have 24-10BaseT ports and two ports at 100BaseT that serve as uplink/downlink
ports. Heck, they are even called ports “26” and “27.” Now there is a task…try to figure
out where port “25” is located! In figure 8 we see the 2924 switch common to CCNP
labs. The only difference between the two is every port is 100BaseT and capable up
uplink/downlink. That is why no “extra” ports 26 and 27 are out to the right side.
Supplemental Lab or Challenge Activity:
Go to www.cisco.com and look up:
1. Release Notes for CISCO 2500 Series Routers
2. Hardware Installation Notes for 2600 Series Routers
3. Catalyst 1900/2820 Enterprise Edition Software Configuration Guide
4. Catalyst 2900 User Guide
Print out the first page of each as evidence of completion for your instructor.
So What Have I Learned Here?
In this lab you have been introduced to the CISCO hierarchical model. We won’t be
doing too much with this here in the CCNA course but if you want to learn about the
design stuff (CCDA) plan on seeing it in your sleep. We also have a lab on it again in
Part 3. This is a nifty overview of the routers and switches that you may encounter
during your CCNA studies.
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