On a Cisco Catalyst Switch, are very specific microchips that are used to copy an Ethernet Frame one an ingress port to an Egress port based on SRC and DST MAC Address. Unless you specifically read up on securing Cisco Switches, the CCNA Routing and Switching curriculum barely touches on this concept.įirst off lets start out with what the CAM table is.
When it comes to protecting your switching infrastructure, one thing that often gets overlooked is protecting the CAM table of Cisco Switches.