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

In this course, you will learn about campus networks, the emerging campus model and the hierarchical model, connecting switch blocks, and configuring switch block connectivity.

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 features of campus networks.
• Identify problems associated with traditional campus networks.
• Identify network traffic patterns.
• Identify the function of Ethernet in a campus network.
• Identify the functions of Fast Ethernet in a campus network.
• Identify the role of Gigabit Ethernet in a campus network.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Building Cisco Multi-layer Switched Networks Part 1: Campus Networks

• Identify the features of campus networks.
• Identify problems associated with traditional campus networks.
• Identify network traffic patterns.
• Identify key customer requirements of campus networks.
• Identify the features of the new campus network model.
• Identify the features of data link layer switched networks.
• Identify the benefits of routing.
• Identify the features of multilayer switching (MLS).
• Identify the layers in the hierarchical model.
• Identify the features of the switch block.
• Identify the features of the core block.
• Identify the features of the dual core.
• Identify considerations for scaling the backbone core.
• Analyze a campus network topology case study.

Unit 2: Campus Network: Building

• Identify the function of Ethernet in a campus network.
• Identify the functions of Fast Ethernet in a campus network.
• Identify the role of Gigabit Ethernet in a campus network.
• Identify the considerations when backbone link sizing.
• Identify the guidelines for connecting switch block devices to a console port.
• Identify the guidelines for connecting to an Ethernet port.
• In this lesson, you will learn about configuring switch block connectivity.
• Identify Cisco command line interface types.
• Identify the procedure for limiting access to devices.
• Identify the procedures for identifying a unique device.
• Identify the procedures for configuring remote accessibility on a switch.
• Identify the procedures for uniquely naming interfaces and ports.
• Identify the procedure for defining link speed.
• Identify the procedures for configuring full duplex data transmission.
• Analyze a campus network configuration case study.

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).

• 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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