Study Guide Cisco Certified Network Associate 3.0 CCNA 3.0 Version 1
One of the keys to understanding Cisco is the OSI model. The OSI model permits
people to understand how internetwork works and it serves as a guideline or framework
for creating and implementing network standards, devices, and internetworking schemes.
Some of the advantages of the OSI model include:
• It allows for the breaking down of complex operation into simple elements;
• Enables engineers to specialize the design and development of modular elements;
and
• It provides standards for plug and play and multivendor integration....
