SUSADA, MARJORIE B.

Lab 10 OSI Model - Overview

Task: Fill out the following charts based on your knowledge of the OSI model.
Explanation: Your understanding of the OSI model will greatly increase your ability to absorb and categorize networking
information as you learn it.

1. List the 7 layers of the OSI model from the top to the bottom. Give a mnemonic word for each layer that can help you
remember it and then list the keywords and phrases that describe the characteristics and function of each.

Layer # Name Mnemonic Key Words and Description of Function

7 Application
6 Presentation
5 Session
4 Transport
3 Network
2 Data Link
1 Physical
Network processes to applications, such as file, print,
All message, database, and application services. Establishes
availability of resources between two nodes.
Data representation, coding (EBCDIC, ASCII), data transfer
People syntax, conversion, encryption, formatting, and compression
services. Physical processing.
Interhost communication. Establishes, maintains, and
Seek
terminates connections between applications.
End-to-end connections. Segments and reassembles data in
proper sequence. Setup and teardown of "Virtual Circuits"
To
(connection oriented). Can ensure segment delivery with
error correction, recovery, and flow control.
Network/Host addresses and selection of best path through
Natural an Internetwork (routing). Encapsulates upper-layer
information into "packets".
Access to media. Adds frame header, which contains the
hardware address of the destination device or next device
Dark on the path, to upper layer information. The Data Link layer
is divided into 2 sublayers: 1) the Logical Link Control (LLC)
and 2) the Media Access Control (MAC).
Binary transmission signals and encoding. Electrical
Places (copper), light (fiber), and physical connections and media
(cabling) between network devices.

2. List the 7 layers of the OSI model. Indicate the TCI/IP Protocol Stack layer that is associated with each OSI layer. List
the encapsulation unit used to describe the data grouping at each layer.

Layer # Name Encapsulation Unit or Logical Grouping

7 Application Data
6 Presentation Data
5 Session Data
4 Transport Segments
3 Network Packets
2 Data Link Frames
1 Physical Bits