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Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) v3.0 5 days Lecture/lab
Course outline

Module 1: Network Requirements

Lesson 1: Introducing Campus Networks

  • IIN and Cisco SONA Framework
  • Cisco Network Models
  • Describing Nonhierarchical Campus Network Issues
  • Describing Layer 2 Network Issues
  • Describing Routed Network Issues
  • What Is a Multilayer Switch?
  • Issues with Multilayer Switches and VLANs in a Nonhierarchical Network
  • The Enterprise Composite Network Model
  • Benefits of the Enterprise Composite Network Model
  • Describing the Campus Infrastructure Module
  • Reviewing Switch Configuration Interfaces

Module 2: Defining VLANs

Lesson 1: Implementing Best Practices for VLAN Topologies

  • Describing Issues in a Poorly Designed Network
  • Grouping Business Functions into VLANs
  • Describing Interconnection Technologies
  • Determining Equipment and Cabling Needs
  • Mapping VLANs in a Hierarchical Network
  • Considering Traffic Source to Destination Paths

Lesson 2: Implementing VLANs

  • Describing End-to-End VLANs
  • Describing Local VLANs
  • Benefits of Local VLANs in an Enterprise Campus Network
  • VLAN Configuration Modes
  • Explaining VLAN Access Ports
  • Describing VLAN Implementation Commands
  • Implementing a VLAN

Lesson 3: Implementing Trunks

  • Explaining VLAN Trunks
  • Describing ISL Trunking
  • Describing 802.1Q Trunking
  • Explaining 802.1Q Native VLANs
  • Explaining VLAN Ranges
  • Describing Trunking Configuration Commands
  • Configuring Trunking

Lesson 4: Propagating VLAN Configurations with VTP

  • Explaining VTP Domains
  • Describing the VTP
  • VTP Modes
  • Describing VTP Pruning
  • Describing VTP Operation
  • Describing VTP Configuration Commands
  • Configuring a VTP Management Domain
  • Adding New Switches to an Existing VTP Domain

Lesson 5: Correcting Common VLAN Configuration Errors

  • Describing Issues with 802.1Q Native VLANs
  • Resolving Issues with 802.1Q Native VLANs
  • Describing Trunk Link Problems
  • Resolving Trunk Link Problems
  • Common Problems with VTP Configuration
  • Best Practice for VTP Configuration

Module 3: Implementing Spanning Tree

Lesson 1: Describing the STP

  • Describing Transparent Bridges
  • Identifying Traffic Loops
  • Explaining a Loop-Free Network
  • Describing the 802.1D STP
  • Describing the Root Bridge
  • Describing Port Roles
  • Explaining Enhancements to STP

Lesson 2: Implementing RSTP

  • Describing the RSTP
  • Describing RSTP Port States
  • Describing RSTP Port Roles
  • Explaining Edge Ports
  • Describing RSTP Link Types
  • Examining the RSTP BPDU
  • Identifying the RSTP Proposal and Agreement Process
  • Identifying the RSTP TCN Process
  • Describing PVRST Implementation Commands
  • Implementing PVRST Commands

Lesson 3: Implementing MSTP

  • Explaining MSTP
  • Describing MST Regions
  • Describing the Extended System ID
  • Interacting Between MST Regions and 802.1Q
  • Describing MSTP Implementation Commands
  • Configuring and Verifying MSTP

Lesson 4: Configuring Link Aggregation with EtherChannel

  • Describing EtherChannel
  • Describing the PAgP and LACP Protocols
  • Describing EtherChannel Configuration
  • Configuring Port Channels Using EtherChannel
  • Configuring Load Balancing over EtherChannel

Module 4: Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing

Lesson 1: Describing Routing Between VLANs

  • Inter-VLAN Routing Using an External Router
  • Describing Inter-VLAN Routing Using External Router Configuration Commands
  • Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing Using an External Router
  • Explaining Multilayer Switching
  • Frame Rewrite

Lesson 2: Enabling Routing Between VLANs on a Multilayer Switch

  • Describing Layer 3 SVI
  • Describing Configuration Commands for Inter-VLAN Communication on a Multilayer Switch
  • Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing on a Multilayer Switch
  • Describing Commands for Routed Ports on a Multilayer Switch
  • Describing Routed Ports on a Multilayer Switch
  • Configuring Routed Ports on a Multilayer Switch

Lesson 3: Deploying CEF-Based Multilayer Switching

  • Explaining Layer 3 Switch Processing
  • Explaining CEF-Based Multilayer Switches
  • Identifying the Multilayer Switch Packet Forwarding Process
  • Describing CEF Configuration Commands
  • Enabling CEF-Based MLS
  • Describing Common CEF Problems and Solutions
  • Describing CEF Troubleshooting Commands
  • Troubleshooting Layer 3 CEF-Based MLS

Module 5: Implementing High Availability in a Campus Environment

Lesson 1: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with HSRP

  • Describing Routing Issues
  • Identifying the Router Redundancy Process
  • Describing HSRP
  • Identifying HSRP Operations
  • Describing HSRP States
  • Describing HSRP Configuration Commands
  • Enabling HSRP

Lesson 2: Optimizing HSRP

  • Describing HSRP Optimization Options
  • Tuning HSRP Operations
  • Describing Load Sharing
  • Describing HSRP Debug Commands
  • Debugging HSRP Operations

Lesson 3: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with VRRP and GLBP

  • Describing VRRP
  • Identifying the VRRP Operations Process
  • Configuring VRRP
  • Describing the GLBP
  • Identifying the GLBP Operations Process

Module 6: Wireless LANs

Lesson 1: Introducing WLANs

  • Wireless Data Technologies
  • Wireless LANs
  • WLANs and Other Wireless Technologies
  • WLANS and LANs

Lesson 2: Describing WLAN Topologies

  • WLAN Topologies
  • Typical WLAN Topologies
  • Roaming Through Wireless Cells
  • Wireless VLAN Support
  • Wireless Mesh Networking

Lesson 3: Explaining WLAN Technology and Standards

  • Unlicensed Frequency Bands
  • WLAN Regulation and Standardization
  • IEEE 802.11b Standard
  • IEEE 802.11a Standard
  • IEEE 802.11g Standard
  • 802.11 Comparison
  • General Office WLAN Design
  • WLAN Security

Lesson 4: Configuring Cisco WLAN Clients

  • Cisco 802.11a/b/g WLAN Client Adapters
  • Cisco Aironet Desktop Utility Installation
  • ADU Diagnostics: Advanced Statistics
  • Cisco Aironet Site Survey Utility: Associated AP Status
  • Windows XP WLAN Configuration
  • Cisco Aironet Client Administration Utility
  • Cisco Wireless IP Phone
  • Cisco Compatible Extensions Program for WLAN Client Devices

Lesson 5: Implementing WLANs

  • Cisco WLAN Implementation
  • Lightweight Access Point Protocol
  • Describing WLAN Components
  • Cisco Unified Wireless Network
  • Cisco Aironet Access Points and Bridges
  • Power over Ethernet
  • Explaining WLAN Antennas
  • Multipath Distortion
  • Definition of Decibel
  • Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

Lesson 6: Configuring WLANs

  • Autonomous Access Point Configuration
  • Role of Autonomous Access Points in a Radio Network
  • Autonomous Access Point Configuration via the Web Browser
  • Lightweight WLAN Controller Configuration
  • Cisco WLC Boot Menu
  • Web Wizard Initial Configuration

Module 7: Configuring Campus Switches to Support Voice

Lesson 1: Planning for Implementation of Voice in a Campus Network

  • Explaining Converged Network Benefits
  • Describing VoIP Network Components
  • Explaining Traffic Characteristics of Voice and Data
  • Describing VoIP Call Flow
  • Explaining Auxiliary VLANs
  • Describing QoS
  • Explaining the Importance of High Availability for VoIP
  • Explaining Power Requirements in Support of VoIP

Lesson 2: Accommodating Voice Traffic on Campus Switches

  • QoS and Voice Traffic in the Campus Model
  • LAN-Based Classification and Marking
  • Describing QoS Trust Boundaries
  • Configuring a Switch for Attachment of a Cisco IP Phone
  • Describing Basic Switch Commands to Support Attachment of a Cisco IP Phone
  • What Is Cisco AutoQoS VoIP?
  • Configuring Cisco AutoQoS VoIP on a Cisco Catalyst Switch

Module 8: Minimizing Service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network

Lesson 1: Understanding Switch Security Issues

  • Overview of Switch Security Concerns
  • Describing Unauthorized Access by Rogue Devices
  • Switch Attack Categories
  • Describing a MAC Flooding Attack
  • Describing Port Security
  • Configuring Port Security on a Switch
  • Port Security with Sticky MAC Addresses
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
  • Authentication and Authorization Methods
  • 802.1x Port-Based Authentication

Lesson 2: Protecting Against VLAN Attacks

  • Explaining VLAN Hopping
  • Mitigating VLAN Hopping
  • VLAN Access Control Lists
  • Configuring VACLs
  • Explaining PVLANs
  • Configuring PVLANs

Lesson 3: Protecting Against Spoof Attacks

  • Describing a DHCP Spoof Attack
  • Describing DHCP Snooping
  • Configuring DHCP Snooping
  • Describing ARP Spoofing
  • Describing DAI
  • Describing Commands to Configure DAI
  • Protecting Against ARP Spoofing Attacks

Lesson 4: Describing STP Security Mechanisms

  • Protecting the Operation of STP
  • Describing BPDU Guard Configuration
  • Describing BPDU Filtering Configuration
  • Describing Root Guard
  • Describing Root Guard Configuration Commands

Lesson 5: Preventing STP Forwarding Loops

  • Describing UDLD
  • Describing Loop Guard
  • Configuring UDLD and Loop Guard
  • Preventing STP Failures Caused by Unidirectional Links

Lesson 6: Securing Network Switches

  • Describing Vulnerabilities in the CDP
  • Describing Vulnerabilities in the Telnet Protocol
  • Describing Vulnerabilities in the SSH
  • Describing vty ACLs
  • Describing Commands to Apply ACLs to vty
  • Best Practices: Switch Security Considerations
Course labs

Lab 1-2: Getting Started with Cisco Catalyst Equipment
Lab 2-1: Configuring VLANs and VTP
Lab 3-1: Configuring Primary and Backup Root Bridges
Lab 3-2: Implementing PVRST
Lab 3-3: Implementing MST
Lab 3-4: Configuring EtherChannel
Lab 3-5: Troubleshooting Spanning Tree
Quiz 4-1: Describing Routing Between VLANs
Lab 4-2: Routing Between VLANs
Lab 5-1: Enabling and Optimizing HSRP
Lab 6-1: Configuring Switches for WLANs
Lab 6-2: Setting Up the WLAN Controller
Lab 6-3: Configuring the Controller via the Web Browser
Lab 6-4: Configuring a Wireless Client (Optional)
Lab 7-1: Configuring IP Telephony Support
Case Study 8-1: Applying Security Practices to Secure Devices in the Campus
Case Study 8-2: Using Security Tools to Secure Devices in the Campus
Lab 8-3: Applying Security Tools


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