What is the main advantage of switch stacking?

It eliminates the need for routing between VLANs

It provides wireless access to the network

It increases the number of available IP addresses

Multiple switches are managed as a single logical device

A network administrator needs to monitor traffic on a specific port to troubleshoot a slow application. The switch supports port mirroring. What should the administrator configure?

Set up a SPAN session to copy traffic from the source port to a monitoring port.

Configure the port as a trunk port.

Use the ping command from the switch.

A server room has two switches, and the server has two network interface cards (NICs). The administrator wants to connect the server to both switches to provide redundancy and increase bandwidth. What should the administrator configure?

Spanning Tree Protocol on the server.

Link aggregation on the server and on both switches, using the same aggregation group.

Two separate access ports on the same switch, one for each NIC.

A single trunk port on one switch and connect both NICs to it.

A switch has just been installed, and the administrator notices that the MAC address table is empty. What is the most likely reason for this?

Port security is enabled globally.

The switch is a Layer 3 switch.

The switch is in blocking mode.

No frames have been forwarded through the switch yet.

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Switching Technologies N10-009 Practice Questions (Page 4)

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16foundation · easy
What is the main advantage of switch stacking?
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17application · medium
A network administrator needs to monitor traffic on a specific port to troubleshoot a slow application. The switch supports port mirroring. What should the administrator configure?
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18application · medium
A server room has two switches, and the server has two network interface cards (NICs). The administrator wants to connect the server to both switches to provide redundancy and increase bandwidth. What should the administrator configure?
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19application · easy
A switch has just been installed, and the administrator notices that the MAC address table is empty. What is the most likely reason for this?
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20application · medium
A small business has three 24-port switches in a wiring closet. The administrator wants to manage all three switches as a single logical device with a single IP address. Which technology should be used?
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