forwarding packets to the port that is connected to the destination node
forwarding packets to the port that is connected to the destination node
destination mac address
In process switching the CPU is required to be personally involve with every forwarding decision. Process switching is similar to doing long math versus doing it the quick way.
Cef (cisco express forwarding)
Cisco Express Forwarding accelerates forwarding of packets on a Cisco Layer 3 switch by associating a MAC address with a next hop address in the FIB.
STP
The switch stores the first 64 bytes of the frame before forwarding.
a. All switch and bridge ports are in the forwarding state. b. All lkswitch and bridge ports are in the stand by state. c. All switch and bridge parts are assigned as either root or designed. d. All switch and bridge ports are in either the forwarding or blocking state. e. All switch and bridge are either blocking or looping.
Layer 2.
designated and root
Process switch is switch the process state between the status like read, blocked ,suspend. Mode switch is the switch the process privilege between the mode like use mode, kernel mode. Generally a mode switch is considered less expensive compared to a process switch.
store -and forward switching