Audience
The audience for this course includes IT professionals and managers who may or may not have a networking background to include Project Managers and Technical Managers. In addition students should have taken the first three parts in this series (12901-12903).
Objective
- Identify the features of circuit switching.
- Identify the features of packet switching.
- Identify the features of multirate circuit switching.
- Identify the key features of Frame Relay.
- Identify the cost benefits of Frame Relay.
- Identify the similarities between Frame Relay and X.25.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Switching
- Identify the features of circuit switching.
- Identify the features of packet switching.
- Identify the features of multirate circuit switching.
- Identify the features of Cell Relay.
- Identify the features of X.25.
- Sequence the order of events that occur in X.25 virtual calls.
- Identify the characteristics of X.25 virtual circuit identification.
- Identify the features of the X.25 packet format.
- Identify the functions of flow and error control in an X.25 circuit.
Unit 2: Frame Relay
- Identify the key features of Frame Relay.
- Identify the cost benefits of Frame Relay.
- Identify the similarities between Frame Relay and X.25.
- Identify characteristics of the Frame Relay frame format.
- Identify the Frame Relay core protocol.
- Identify the relationship between Frame Relay speeds.
- Identify options that are available when provisioning Frame Relay access.
- Identify key functions of Frame Relay Access Devices (FRADs).
- Identify the key functions of permanent virtual circuits (PVCs).
- Identify the key functions of switched virtual circuits (SVCs).
- Identify the key functions of data-link connection identifiers (DLCIs).
- Identify the key functions of Local Management Interface (LMI).
- Identify the key factors to be considered when controlling congestion.
- Identify Frame Relay performance considerations.
- Match Committed Information Rate (CIR) components with their definitions.
- Identify the key factors to be considered when dealing with discard eligibility.
- Identify the features of Explicit Congestion Notification.
- Identify the features of Frame Relay over geosynchronous satellites.
- Identify the key factors to consider when running Systems Network Architecture (SNA) over Frame Relay.
- Identify the key factors to consider when running Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR).
- Identify similar features of Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
- Identify the characteristics of a Frame-Based User to Network Interface (FUNI).
- Identify the characteristics of the Data Exchange Interface (DXI).
Duration
8
Minimum Requirements
The CDROM version of this course requires:
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
- At least a double speed CDROM drive.
- An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).
The network version of this course requires:
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
Media
Serebra Learning Corporation 119 - 7565 132nd Street Surrey BC V3W 1K5 Canada