Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 4

Outline

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

Description

This part of the course deals with VLANs, Transparent Bridging, and the Spanning Tree Protocol in a VLAN Environment. While the first portions of this part of the course may be a refresher for the most advanced students, it is expected that the latter portion of this course will be new to all those in it. In particular the Spanning Tree Protocol in a VLAN environment and scalability issues will need to be treated carefully, providing plenty of opportunities for students to reinforce these new concepts through examples and practice.

Audience

Network Administrators, students seeking a CCNP or CCIE status. The principal prerequisite for this course is CCNA certification plus satisfactory completion of Building Scalable Cisco Networks (courses 20411-20415). The typical student should be familiar with internetworking fundamentals prior to taking this course. The typical student should also have hands-on experience with basic router and switch configuration tasks, and be able to configure a simple VLAN. This course will help students prepare for Switching Exam 640-504.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify the basic features of VLANs.
• Identify the features of VLAN boundaries.
• Identify the characteristics of VLAN membership.
• Identify the features of the SpanningTree Protocol (STP).
• Identify the characteristics of the Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU).

Topics Include

Unit 1: Common Workgroups: Defining

• Identify the basic features of VLANs.
• Identify the features of VLAN boundaries.
• Identify the characteristics of VLAN membership.
• Configure static VLANs.
• Identify the features of access links and trunk links.
• Identify the features of VLAN identification methods.
• Identify the guidelines for choosing an Inter-Switch Link Protocol.
• Identify the features of the IEEE 802.1Q protocol.
• Identify the features of trunk negotiation.
• Configure a trunk link.
• Identify the features of the VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP).
• Identify the guidelines for adding a switch to an existing VTP domain.
• Identify the features of VTP advertisements.
• Identify the guidelines for configuring VTP on your network.
• Enable VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) pruning.

Unit 2: Redundant Links: Managing

• Identify the features of the Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP).
• Identify the characteristics of the Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU).
• Identify the features of STP port states.
• Identify the features of BPDU timers.
• Identify the steps involved in a network topology change.
• Identify the commands for enabling the STP.
• Verify the STP configuration.
• Identify the features of multiple STPs.
• Identify the characteristics of the Common Spanning Tree (CST).
• Identify the features of the Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST).
• Identify the features of the PVST+ Protocol.
• Configure a root bridge.
• Determine the best path to the root bridge.
• Set the port priority.
• Identify the features of default timers modification.
• Identify the features of the PortFast and UplinkFast ports.
• Enable UplinkFast.
• Configure BackboneFast.
• Identify the features of parallel Fast Ethernet links.
• Identify the guidelines for configuring EtherChannel ports.
• Configure the EtherChannel bundle.

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.

• 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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