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OSI Ref Model

The document summarizes the seven layers of the OSI reference model. It provides a table that lists each layer, its key responsibilities, the data type it handles, its scope, and common protocols and technologies. The layers progress from the physical layer, which handles bits and electrical signals, to the application layer, which handles user data and application services between software processes. The document also discusses advantages of using a multilayer switch, including avoiding single points of failure, reducing router CPU load, and eliminating bottlenecks on trunks.

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OSI Ref Model

The document summarizes the seven layers of the OSI reference model. It provides a table that lists each layer, its key responsibilities, the data type it handles, its scope, and common protocols and technologies. The layers progress from the physical layer, which handles bits and electrical signals, to the application layer, which handles user data and application services between software processes. The document also discusses advantages of using a multilayer switch, including avoiding single points of failure, reducing router CPU load, and eliminating bottlenecks on trunks.

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Table 18: OSI Reference Model Layer Summary

Common
Data Type
Group # Layer Name Key Responsibilities Scope Protocols and
Handled
Technologies

Lower (Physical
Layers Encoding and Signaling; Electrical or layers of most
Physical Data Transmission; light signals of the
1 Physical Bits
Hardware Specifications; sent between technologies
Topology and Design local devices listed for the
data link layer)

IEEE 802.2
LLC, Ethernet
Family; Token
Logical Link Control; Media
Ring; FDDI
Access Control; Data Low-level data
and CDDI;
Framing; Addressing; Error messages
2 Data Link Frames IEEE 802.11
Detection and Handling; between local
(WLAN, Wi-Fi);
Defining Requirements of devices
HomePNA;
Physical Layer
HomeRF;
ATM; SLIP and
PPP

IP; IPv6; IP
NAT; IPsec;
Logical Addressing;
Mobile IP;
Routing; Datagram Messages
ICMP; IPX;
Encapsulation; Datagrams between local
3 Network DLC; PLP;
Fragmentation and / Packets or remote
Routing
Reassembly; Error Handling devices
protocols such
and Diagnostics
as RIP and
BGP

4 Transport Process-Level Addressing; Datagrams Communication TCP and UDP;


Multiplexing/Demultiplexing; / Segments between SPX;
Connections; Segmentation software NetBEUI/NBF
and Reassembly; processes
Acknowledgments and
Retransmissions;
Flow Control

Sessions NetBIOS,
Session Establishment,
between local Sockets,
5 Session Management and Sessions
or remote Named Pipes,
Termination
devices RPC

SSL; Shells
Data Translation;
Encoded Application data and
6 Presentation Compression and
User Data representations Redirectors;
Encryption
Upper MIME
Layers
DNS; NFS;
BOOTP;
DHCP; SNMP;
RMON; FTP;
7 Application User Application Services User Data Application data
TFTP; SMTP;
POP3; IMAP;
NNTP; HTTP;
Telnet

Advantage of using Multilayer Switch


Single point of failure
Router CPU load
Bottle neck on the trunk

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