Aruba Associate Switching & VLANs Flashcards
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What does the term 'port mirroring' refer to on an Aruba switch?
Answer: Copying traffic from one port to another port for monitoring purposes
Port mirroring copies traffic flowing through one or more source ports to a designated destination port for network analysis or monitoring.
Which Aruba switch feature provides per-port bandwidth rate limiting?
Answer: Traffic Shaping/Rate Limiting
Traffic shaping and rate limiting on Aruba switches control the bandwidth available on individual ports to prevent congestion.
What is the purpose of the Spanning Tree PortFast feature on Aruba switches?
Answer: To skip STP listening and learning states on access ports connected to end devices
PortFast skips the STP listening and learning states so access ports connected to end devices reach forwarding immediately without waiting.
In Aruba switching, what is VSX (Virtual Switching Extension) used for?
Answer: To create an active-active switch pair that appears as a single logical switch
VSX on Aruba CX switches creates an active-active high-availability pair that appears as a single logical device to the rest of the network.
What command on Aruba CX verifies that a port is correctly assigned to a VLAN?
Answer: show interface detail
The show interface detail command on Aruba CX shows VLAN assignments, operational state, and other port-level configuration details.
Which type of VLAN is dedicated to carrying voice traffic with priority tagging on Aruba switches?
Answer: Voice VLAN
A Voice VLAN is a dedicated VLAN configured on switch ports to carry VoIP traffic with appropriate QoS priority tagging.