Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting - Part 2

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

Description

The fifth and final course in the Cisco Internetwork Design series covers ATM concepts, routing and implementation in LANs and WANs. It also covers SMDS concepts and implementation issues. In addition to providing an overview of SNA, it focuses on the hardware, software, and link and gateway components of an SNA network. This course also covers complex SNA internetworking concepts such as SDLC tunneling, remote source-route bridging (RSRB), data-link switching (DLSw) and the Cisco Channel Interface Processor (CIP).

Audience

System Administrator, Network Administrator, Network Designer. There is no prerequisite for this course series.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify the role of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) in internetworks.
• Identify the role of PVCs and SVCs in ATM.
• Identify the function of each layer of the ATM reference model.
• Identify the functional characteristics of SNA Network Addressable Units (NAUs).
• Identify the characteristics of subarea nodes and peripheral nodes in an SNA hierarchical network.
• Sequence the steps involved in establishing enduser communication through LULU sessions.

Topics Include

Unit 1: ATM/SMDS and StrataCom Design

• Identify the role of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) in internetworks.
• Identify the role of PVCs and SVCs in ATM.
• Identify the function of each layer of the ATM reference model.
• Identify the characteristics of ATM prefix routing in private networks.
• Identify the function of LAN Emulation (LANE) in an ATM environment.
• Identify the types of WAN-based models used in ATM internetwork designs.
• Identify the considerations that relate to implementing SMDS.
• Identify the features of Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) operation.
• Identify the role of logical IP subnets in the organization of an SMDS network topology.
• Identify the role of logical IP subnets in the organization of an SMDS network topology.
• Match the common WAN technologies with their typical applications.
• Identify the characteristics of switches in the StrataCom networking system.
• Identify the features of the StrataSphere management architecture.
• Identify the main services that are supported by StrataCom network devices.
• Identify features of the design configurations available in switched networks.

Unit 2: SNA Design

• Identify the functional characteristics of SNA Network Addressable Units (NAUs).
• Identify the characteristics of subarea nodes and peripheral nodes in an SNA hierarchical network.
• Sequence the steps involved in establishing end-user communication through LU-LU sessions.
• Identify the features of Token Ring PU and LU gateways.
• Identify the business and technical considerations that relate to the choice of SNA designs.
• Identify the features and functions of data-link switching plus (DLSw+).
• Identify the functional characteristics of SNA tunneling using RSRB.
• Identify the features of Serial Tunneling (STUN) and SDLC-to-LAN conversion (SDLLC).
• Identify the benefits of enabling load balancing on router connections.
• Identify the features and functions of Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN).
• Identify the features and functions of the Channel Interface Processor (CIP).
• Identify the features of Systems Network Architecture (SNA) internetwork designs.
• Identify the role of priority and custom queuing in Systems Network Architecture (SNA).

Duration

8 Hours

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.

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 14MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

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