to be fully correct, BID is (PRIORITY+EXTSYSID)*2^48+MAC
:-P
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Molomo<letjedilakopa_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Anthony
>
> So giving an example can be accepted as long as I don't write the a
> novel about it, perfect.
>
> Thanks for 32769+MAC, I always thought BID is the product of priority and MAC.
>
> Thanks a lot Anthony
>
>
> On 7/28/09, Anthony Sequeira <asequeira_at_ine.com> wrote:
>> You are on the right track here for sure. In fact, I have had passing
>> students actually elaborate down two different paths because the Cisco
>> question was so vague. For example, their answer looked something like
>> this - "If you meant A with your question, the answer is B. But if you
>> meant C with your question, the answer is D." :-)
>>
>> What you cannot do is write a novel. They have made it clear that they
>> will not even bother to read it.
>>
>> Also, when elaborating, be very sure you are truly technically
>> accurate. I notice in your example below you have 32769*MAC. It should
>> be 32768 + MAC. :-)
>>
>> We certainly do not want to inadvertently give the proctor another
>> reason to doubt our expertise!
>>
>> Keep up the great work Molomo!
>>
>> Warmest Regards,
>>
>> Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
>> http://www.INE.com
>>
>> Test your Core Knowledge today!
>> Q: Four NAT terms are used to describe IP addresses in a NAT scenario.
>> The address of HostA (inside your corp) as known to HostB (Internet)
>> is typically referred to as which term?
>> A: The Inside Global Address
>> More Info:
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk361/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094831.shtml
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Molomo wrote:
>>
>>> Expert,
>>>
>>> With OEQ can I give an example, or that might be considered over
>>> elaborating?
>>>
>>> For example wth the question below, which answer will be more
>>> appropriate?
>>>
>>> Question:
>>>
>>> Between catalyst switch and transparent bridge which is more likely to
>>> be spanning tree root?
>>>
>>> Answer 1 :
>>>
>>> Transparent bridge because it does not use ext system id.
>>>
>>> Answer 2 :
>>>
>>> Transparent bridge because it does not use ext system id, eg with Vlan
>>> 1 default priority, catalyst will have BID of 32769 *MAC and
>>> transparent bridge will have BID 32768*MAC
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Molomo
>>>
>>>
>>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________________________________
>>> Subscription information may be found at:
>>> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
>
>
> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Subscription information may be found at:
> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
Received on Tue Jul 28 2009 - 21:21:34 ART
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Sat Aug 01 2009 - 13:10:23 ART