Interface Configurations

Question 1

Basic Interface Configuration

Answer 1

Basic Interface Configuration → Involves setting speed, duplex, and IP management parameters such as IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS; both sides must match for connectivity.

Question 2

LAG

Answer 2

Link Aggregation → Combines multiple physical network links into one logical connection to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy.

Question 3

LACP

Answer 3

Link Aggregation Control Protocol → IEEE 802.3ad standard used to automatically manage and negotiate link aggregation groups between devices.

Question 4

MTU

Answer 4

Maximum Transmission Unit → The largest size packet that can be transmitted over a network interface without fragmentation.

Question 5

Ethernet Frames

Answer 5

Ethernet Frames → Structured data units containing a header, payload, and trailer used for communication at Layer 2 of the OSI model.

Question 6

Jumbo Frames

Answer 6

Jumbo Frames → Ethernet frames larger than the standard 1500 bytes, commonly set to 9000 bytes for high-performance data transfers.