ssion Unit (MTU), 426 multicast addresses, 676 measuring time, 689-690 multicast packets, 120 MEC (Multichassis EtherChannel), 75, 642 Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC), 75, 642 mentoring and leadership, 730 multiinput multioutput (MIMO), 512 meshed networks, 391 multilayer switch function card (MSFC) Message Waiting Indicator (MWI), 550 defined, 222 method lists IOS and, 225 applying, 456 supervisors and, 238 creating, 453-456 multilayer switches, 231 defined, 453 (see also Cisco 6500 switches) metrics access lists in, 427-430 bandwidth-based, 124 Index CatOS versus IOS, 249-253 network command configuring SVIs, 223-228 BGP and, 144 defined, 11, 221 EIGRP and, 135 functionality, 221-223 redistribution loops and, 159 models supported, 228-229 RIP and, 132 multiplexing RIPv2 and, 133 defined, 350 network designs M13 support, 376 corporate networks, 639-643 OFDM support, 512 ecommerce websites, 643-647 TDM, 353 GAD's maxims, 705-708 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), 409- IP networks, 649-669 server farms in, 640 multiway tree, 213 small networks, 648 mutex verification, 305 virtual servers in, 648 mutual redistribution, 156 why everything is messed up, 715-718 MWI (Message Waiting Indicator), 550 network diagrams, 636 network eap command, 517 network interface card (NIC), 514 network LSAs, 138 N connectors, 5 network segments, collisions in, 7 name command, 35 Network Time Protocol (see NTP) names command, 473-474 network-admin role, 442 naming access lists, 418 network-object command, 476 naming conventions for devices, 637 network-operator role, 442 NAMs (Network Analysis Modules), 15, 231, networks, 1 (see also specific types of networks) NASI (Net Ware Asynchronous Services congested, 607-613 Interface), 453 connections in, 1 NAT (Network Address Translation) converged, 615-626 commands supported, 502 corporate, 639-643 examples, 502-506 design considerations, 639-648, 705-708 functionality, 501 documentation considerations, 627-637 IPv6 addresses and, 678 Frame Relay design, 391-393 SIP considerations, 561-5