Chapter 1 - Campus Design

Chapter 1:
Analyzing The Cisco Enterprise Campus

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Chapter 1 Objectives
Describe common campus design options and how design
choices affect implementation and support of a campus LAN.
Describe the access, distribution, and core layers.
Describe small, medium, and large campus network designs.
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Introduction to
Enterprise
Campus Network
Design
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Enterprise Network
Core (Backbone)
Campus
Data Center
Branch
WAN
Internet Edge
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Enterprise Network
Core (Backbone)
interconnects the campus access, the data center, and WAN portions
of the network.
Campus
is the portion of the computing infrastructure that provides access to

network communication services and resources to end users and
devices spread over a single geographic location.
Data center
is a facility used to house computing systems and associated

components.
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Enterprise Network
Branch/WAN
contains the routers, switches, and so on to interconnect a main

office to branch offices or other main offices
Internet Edge
encompasses the routers, switches, firewalls, and network devices

that interconnect the enterprise network to the Internet.
The Internet Edge includes technology necessary to connect
telecommuters from the Internet to services in the enterprise.
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Campus Designs
Modular - easily supports growth and change. Scaling the
network is eased by adding new modules in lieu of complete
redesigns.
Resilient - proper high-availability (HA) characteristics result
in near-100% uptime.
Flexible - change in business is a guarantee for any
enterprise. These changes drive campus network
requirements to adapt quickly.
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Multilayer Switches in Campus Networks

Hardware-based routing using
Application-Specific Integrated
Circuits (ASICs)
RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP are
supported
Layer 3 switching speeds
approximate that of Layer 2
switches
Layer 4 and Layer 7 switching
supported on some switches
Future: Pure Layer 3 environment
leveraging inexpensive L3 access
layer switches
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Cisco Switches
Catalyst 6500 Family used in campus, data center, and
core as well as WAN and branch
Up to 13 slots and 16 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Redundant power supplies, fans, and supervisor engines
Runs Cisco IOS
Catalyst 4500 Family used in distribution layer and in

collapsed core environments
Up to 10 slots and several 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Runs Cisco IOS
Catalyst 3560 and 3750 Families used in fixed-port

scenarios at the access and distribution layers
Nexus 2000, 5000, and 7000 Families NX-OS based
modular data center switches
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Enterprise
Campus Design
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Building Access, Building Distribution, and Building Core

Layers
Building Core Layer: high-speed
campus backbone designed to
switch packets as fast as possible;
provides high availability and
adapts quickly to changes.
Building Distribution Layer:
aggregate wiring closets and use
switches to segment workgroups
and isolate network problems.
Building Access Layer: grant
user access to network devices.
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Core Layer
Aggregates distribution layer switches.
Implements scalable protocols and technologies and load
balancing.
High-speed layer 3 switching using 10-Gigabit Ethernet.
Uses redundant L3 links.
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Core Layer
Without a core layer, the distribution layer switches need to
be fully meshed.
Difficult to scale and increases the cabling requirements because

each new building distribution switch needs full-mesh connectivity to
all the distribution switches.
As a recommended practice, deploy a dedicated campus core

layer to connect three or more physical segments or four or
more pairs of building distribution switches in a large campus.
Core layer constituents and functions depend on the size and
type of the network.
campus designs can combine the core and distribution layer functions
at the distribu-tion layer for a smaller topology.
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Distribution Layer
High availability, fast path recovery, load balancing, QoS, and security
Route summarization and packet manipulation
Redistribution point between routing domains
Packet filtering and policy routing to implement policy-based connectivity
Terminate VLANs
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
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Access Layer
High availability supported by many hardware and software features, such as
redundant power supplies and First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP).
Convergence provides inline Power over Ethernet (PoE) to support IP telephony
and wireless access points.
Security includes port security, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection, IP
source guard.
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Small Campus Network

<200 end devices
Collapsed core
Catalyst 3560 and 2960G switches for access layer
Cisco 1900 and 2900 routers to interconnect branch/WAN
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Medium Campus Network

200-1000 end devices
Redundant multilayer switches at distribution layer
Catalyst 4500 or 6500 switches
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Large Campus Network

>2000 end users
Stricter adherence to core, distribution, access delineation
Catalyst 6500 switches in core and distribution layers
Nexus 7000 switches in data centers
Division of labor amongst network engineers
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Chapter 1 Summary
Evolutionary changes are occurring within the campus
network.
Evolution requires careful planning and deployments based
on hierarchical designs.
As the network evolves, new capabilities are added, usually
driven by application data flows.
Implementing the increasingly complex set of business-driven
capabilities and services in the campus architecture is
challenging if done in a piecemeal fashion.
Any successful architecture must be based on a foundation of
solid design theory and principles. The adoption of an
integrated approach based on solid systems design principles
is a key to success.
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Chapter 1 Labs
Lab 1-1Clearing a Switch
Lab 1-2Clearing a Switch Connected to a Larger Network
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Resources
www.cisco.com/en/US/products
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Chapter 1:

Analyzing The Cisco Enterprise Campus

CCNP SWITCH: Implementing IP Switching

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is the portion of the computing infrastructure that provides access to

is a facility used to house computing systems and associated

contains the routers, switches, and so on to interconnect a main

encompasses the routers, switches, firewalls, and network devices

Multilayer Switches in Campus Networks

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Up to 13 slots and 16 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Catalyst 4500 Family used in distribution layer and in

Up to 10 slots and several 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Catalyst 3560 and 3750 Families used in fixed-port

Building Access, Building Distribution, and Building Core

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Difficult to scale and increases the cabling requirements because

As a recommended practice, deploy a dedicated campus core

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Small Campus Network

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Medium Campus Network

Large Campus Network

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