Test and Verify
The scenario also mentions some things to test and verify. Your mental verification plan can include things like the following:
Function to Verify |
Example Commands |
Verify on Switch |
VLAN creation |
show vlan |
C, D, E |
Working EtherChannels toward switches C and D |
show etherchannel summary |
C, D, E |
VLAN trunking |
show interfaces type/num trunk |
C, D, E |
Layer 3 interfaces |
show interfaces vlan10 show interfaces vlan20 -OR- show ip interface brief |
C, D |
HSRP configuration and load balancing |
show standby brief |
C, D |
Routing |
show ip route |
C, D |
Reachability |
ping 192.168.199.10 source vlan10 ping 192.168.199.10 source vlan20 |
C or D |
To test that the server is reachable from each user subnet, a regular, simple ping won’t do. Instead, it’s better to use extended pings so that the source address can be set to the Layer 3 interface that sits on each user subnet.