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Course Length:
5 Days
Course Description:
Implementing Cisco Switched Networks (SWITCH) v1.0 is a five-day instructor-led training course, designed to help students prepare to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions for campus environments using the Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture. These skills are validated in the Cisco CCNP® Routing and Switching certification, a professional-level certification specializing in the routing and switching field. This course is a component of the Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching curriculum. This course is designed to give students a firm understanding of how to manage switches in an enterprise campus environment. This training class reinforces the instruction by providing students with hands-on labs.
Who Should Attend:
The primary audience for this course are network professionals who will need to correctly implement switch-based solutions given a network design using Cisco IOS services and features. The typical job roles for this type of professional are network engineers, network operations center (NOC) technical support personnel, or help desk technicians.
Benefits of Attendance:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Analyze campus network designs
  • Implement VLANs in a network campus
  • Implement spanning tree
  • Implement inter-VLAN routing in a campus network
  • Implement a highly available network
  • Implement high-availability technologies and techniques using multilayer switches in a campus environment
  • Implement security features in a switched network
  • Integrate WLANs into a campus network
  • Accommodate voice and video in campus networks
Prerequisites:
Students must have knowledge and experience equivalent to having attended the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) courses.
Course Outline:
  • Module 1: Analyzing Campus Network Designs
    1. Lesson 1: Enterprise Campus Architecture
    2. Lesson 2: Cisco Lifecycle Services and Network Implementation
    3. Lab 1-1: New Hire Test
    4. Lesson 3: Lab 1-1 Debrief
  • Module 2: Implementing VLANs in Campus Networks
    1. Lesson 1: Applying Best Practices for VLAN Topologies
    2. Lesson 2: Configuring Private VLANs
    3. Lesson 3: Configuring Link Aggregation with EtherChannel
    4. Lab 2-1: Design and Implement VLANs, Trunks, and EtherChannel
    5. Lesson 4: Lab 2-1 Debrief
    6. Lab 2-2: Troubleshoot Common VLAN Configuration and Security Issues
    7. Lesson 5: Lab 2-2 Debrief
    8. Lab 2-3: Configure Private VLANs
    9. Lesson 6: Lab 2-3 Debrief
  • Module 3: Implementing Spanning Tree
    1. Lesson 1: Spanning Tree Protocol Enhancements
    2. Lesson 2: Describing STP Stability Mechanisms
    3. Lab 3-1: Implement Multiple Spanning Tree
    4. Lesson 3: Lab 3-1 Debrief
    5. Lab 3-2: Implement PVSRT+
    6. Lesson 4: Lab 3-2 Debrief
    7. Lab 3-3: Troubleshoot Spanning Tree Issues
    8. Lesson 5: Lab 3-2 Debrief
  • Module 4: Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
    1. Lesson 1: Describing Routing Between VLANs
    2. Lesson 2: Deploying Multilayer Switching with Cisco Express Forwarding
    3. Lab 4-1: Implement Inter-VLAN Routing
    4. Lesson 3: Lab 4-1 Debrief
    5. Lab 4-2 Troubleshoot Inter-VLAN Routing
    6. Lesson 4: Lab 4-2 Debrief
  • Module 5: Implementing a Highly Available Network
    1. Lesson 1: Understanding High Availability
    2. Lesson 2: Implementing High Availability
    3. Lesson 3: Implementing Network Monitoring
    4. Lab 5-1: Implement High Availability in a Network Design
    5. Lesson 4: Lab 5-1 Debrief
  • Module 6: Implementing Layer 3 High Availability
    1. Lesson 1: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with HSRP
    2. Lesson 2: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with VRRP and GLBP
    3. Lab 6-1: Implement and Tune HSRP
    4. Lesson 3: Lab 6-1 Debrief
    5. Lab 6-2: Implement VRRP
    6. Lesson 4: Lab 6-2 Debrief
  • Module 7: Minimizing Service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network
    1. Lesson 1: Understanding Switch Security Issues
    2. Lesson 2: Protecting Against VLAN Attacks
    3. Lesson 3: Protecting Against Spoofing Attacks
    4. Lesson 4: Securing Network Services
    5. Lab 7-1: Secure Network Switches to Mitigate Security Attacks
    6. Lesson 5: Lab 7-1 Debrief
  • Module 8: Accommodating Voice and Video in Campus Networks
    1. Lesson 1: Planning for Support of Voice in a Campus Network
    2. Lesson 2: Integrating and Verifying VoIP in a Campus Infrastructure
    3. Lesson 3: Working with Specialists to Accommodate Voice and Video on Campus Switches
    4. Lab 8-1: Plan Implementation and Verification of VoIP in a Campus Network
    5. Lesson 4: Lab 8-1 Debrief
  • Module 9: Integrating Wireless LANs into a Campus Network
    1. Lesson 1: Comparing WLANs with Campus Networks
    2. Lesson 2: Assessing the Impact of WLANs on Campus Networks
    3. Lesson 3: Preparing the Campus Infrastructure for WLANs
    4. Lab 9-1: Integrate Wireless in the Campus
    5. Lesson 4: Lab 9-1 Debrief