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SWITCH v1.0 - Implementing Cisco Switched Networks

Course length: 5.0 day(s)

Learning Credits: 33

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.

Target Students:

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

A network professional 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.

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

Any individual involved in network operations and support.

Course Objectives:

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:

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

Knowledge and experience equivalent to having attended the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) courses. This includes knowledge and experience of the following issues:

Network function, the functions of network components, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, and the ability to identify major network components
Use of the host-to-host packet delivery process to describe issues related to increasing traffic on an Ethernet LAN and identifying switched LAN technology solutions to Ethernet networking issues
The reasons for extending the reach of a LAN, and the methods that can be used to extend this reach, with a focus on RF wireless access
The reasons for connecting networks with routers, and how routed networks transmit data through the use of TCP/IP
The function of WANs and major WAN devices; configuration of PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, and Port Address Translation (PAT) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing
Use of the command-line interface (CLI) to discover neighbors on the network and manage router startup and configuration
How to configure and troubleshoot a small network
How to expand a small-sized, switched LAN to a medium-sized LAN with multiple switches, supporting VLANs, trunking, and spanning tree
Routing concepts as they apply to a medium-sized network and considerations when implementing routing on the network
Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
How to apply access control lists (ACLs) based on network requirements, and configure, verify, and troubleshoot ACLs on a medium-sized network
When to use Network Address Translation (NAT) or PAT on a medium-sized network and configure NAT or PAT on routers, and knowledge of IPv6 addressing and configuration IPv6 in a Cisco router
How to identify and implement the appropriate WAN technology based on network requirements

Delivery Method:

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

This is NOT online learning. We use a 65 Inch Panasonic Flat Screen. Our instructor will have full contact with students.. This is a LIVE delivery. We’ve had great responses from other past students. We also use high-definition Audio and Video systems to ensure an engaging experience. This has allowed us to drastically reduce reschedules and guarantee more running classes for our students, offering the convenience of staying local for your training.

Live Delivery
Same Authorized Cisco Materials
Same labs to support the class as any Skyline delivery.
Same Student PC’s
High Definition audio and visual experience
Instructor is able to see and even control your PC (Instructors are happy to stay after class to provide assistance)
1 year audit policy-meaning you may come and re-sit the same class as many times as you like for up to 1 year as long as the version and or course materials don’t change.

Course Content

Module 1: Analyzing Campus Network Designs
- Lesson 1: Enterprise Campus Architecture
  - Objectives:
    - Describe Cisco SONA
    - Evaluate the benefits of the enterprise campus architecture
    - Determine the function of the core layer
    - Evaluate the impact of traffic types on the network infrastructure
- Lesson 2: Cisco Lifecycle Services and Network Implementation
  - Objectives:
    - Describe the PPDIOO life-cycle approach
    - Describe PPDIOO implementation planning
- Lab 1-1: New Hire Test
  - Objectives:
    - Prepare basic configuration templates for your switches
    - Explore the remote lab device connections
    - Deploy configuration templates on your switches
    - Verify your configurations according to the verification plan you created
- Lesson 3: Lab 1-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Review and verify your solution, as well as your findings and action log, against a set of checkpoints provided by the instructor.
    - Consolidate the lessons learned during the review discussions into a set of best practice methods and commands to aid you in future deployment procedures.
Module 2: Implementing VLANs in Campus Networks
- Lesson 1: Applying Best Practices for VLAN Topologies
  - Objectives:
    - Describe the different VLAN segmentation models
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design, describe the information needed to create an implementation plan, identify the choices that need to be made, and analyze the consequences of those choices
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design that contains end-to-end VLANs and trunks, create an implementation and verification plan; then successfully execute that plan
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design that contains VTP, create an implementation and verification plan; then successfully execute that plan
- Lesson 2: Configuring Private VLANs
  - Objectives:
    - Describe PVLANs
    - Configure isolated PVLANs
    - Configure community PVLANs
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design that contains PVLANs, create an implementation and verification plan; then successfully execute that plan
    - Configure PVLANs across multiple switches
- Lesson 3: Configuring Link Aggregation with EtherChannel
  - Objectives:
    - Understand the benefits of EtherChannel
    - Compare the PAgP and the LACP
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design that contains Layer 2 EtherChannel links, create an implementation and verification plan; then successfully execute that plan
    - Given an enterprise VLAN network design that contains load balancing among the ports included in an EtherChannel, create an implementation and verification plan; then successfully execute that plan
- Lab 2-1: Design and Implement VLANs, Trunks, and EtherChannel
  - Objectives:
    - Plan a segmented Layer 2 network implementation
    - Create a Layer 2 implementation and verification plan
    - Implement a full Layer 2 solution including VLANs, trunks, pruning, VTP, and EtherChannel
- Lesson 4: Lab 2-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 2-2: Troubleshoot Common VLAN Configuration and Security Issues
  - Objectives:
    - Diagnose and resolve Layer 2 connectivity problems
    - Diagnose and resolve VLAN and EtherChannel-related problems
    - Document troubleshooting progress, configuration changes, and problem resolution
- Lesson 5: Lab 2-2 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 2-3: Configure Private VLANs
  - Objectives:
    - Plan a segmented private VLAN implementation
    - Create a private VLAN implementation and verification plan
    - Implement private VLANs
- Lesson 6: Lab 2-3 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 3: Implementing Spanning Tree
- Lesson 1: Spanning Tree Protocol Enhancements
  - Objectives:
    - Describe the various STP standards
    - Describe STP operations
    - Implement and configure PVRST+
    - Understand RSTP port roles
    - Verify RSTP configurations
    - Describe MSTP
    - Implement and configure MSTP
- Lesson 2: Describing STP Stability Mechanisms
  - Objectives:
    - Protect the operation of STP
    - Configure BPDUGuard
    - Configure BPDUFilter
    - Configure RootGuard
    - Configure LoopGuard
    - Configure UDLD to detect and shut down unidirectional links
    - Optimize STP operations by using the right combination of STP stability features
- Lab 3-1: Implement Multiple Spanning Tree
  - Objectives:
    - Design a spanning tree
    - Create a spanning tree implementation plan
    - Implement a spanning tree according to an implementation plan.
    - Create a spanning tree verification plan
    - Verify the spanning tree according to the verification plan
- Lesson 3: Lab 3-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 3-2: Implement PVSRT+
  - Objectives:
    - Design a migration plan to PVRST+
    - Create a PVRST+ implementation plan
    - Implement PVRST+ according to implementation plan
    - Create a PVRST+ verification plan
    - Verify the PVRST+ spanning tree according to the verification plan
- Lesson 4: Lab 3-2 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 3-3: Troubleshoot Spanning Tree Issues
  - Objectives:
    - Develop a work plan to troubleshoot configuration and security issues in the STP
    - Isolate the causes of the problems
    - Correct all of the identified spanning tree issues
    - Document and report the troubleshooting findings and recommendations
- Lesson 5: Lab 3-2 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 4: Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
- Lesson 1: Describing Routing Between VLANs
  - Objectives:
    - Configure both a switch and router to accommodate inter-VLAN packet transfer using an external router
    - Describe a Layer 3 SVI
    - Understand commands that are used to configure an SVI
    - Describe a routed port on a multilayer switch
    - Understand commands that are used to configure a routed port on a multilayer switch
    - Configure Layer 3 EtherChannel links
    - Configure inter-VLAN routing on a multilayer switch
    - Configure DHCP services on a Layer 3 switch
- Lesson 2: Deploying Multilayer Switching with Cisco Express Forwarding
  - Objectives:
    - Understand the process of multilayer switching, and how it differs when you are performing Layer 2 versus Layer 3 switching
    - Understand the packet and frame header rewriting that is performed by a multilayer switch
    - Explain Layer 3 switch processing
    - Describe the various switching methods that are available on a Cisco switch
    - Describe and configure Cisco Express Forwarding on a Cisco switch
- Lab 4-1: Implement Inter-VLAN Routing
  - Objectives:
    - Design a Layer 3 network
    - Create an implementation requirements list
    - Create a step-by-step implementation and verification plan
    - Implement and verify inter-VLAN routing and routing protocols
- Lesson 3: Lab 4-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 4-2 Troubleshoot Inter-VLAN Routing
  - Objectives:
    - Develop a work plan to troubleshoot configuration and inter-VLAN routing issues
    - Isolate the causes of the problems
    - Correct all of the identified routing issues
    - Test the corrections made
    - Document and report the troubleshooting findings and recommendations
- Lesson 4: Lab 4-2 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 5: Implementing a Highly Available Network
- Lesson 1: Understanding High Availability
  - Objectives:
    - Evaluate the uses, requirements, benefits, and performance expectations of high availability in a given enterprise network design
    - Describe resiliency for high availability
    - Design the network for optimal redundancy
- Lesson 2: Implementing High Availability
  - Objectives:
    - Implement high availability at the switch levelUse Cisco StackWise technology on access switches
    - Evaluate the impact of too little redundancy
    - Assess the impact of uplink failure
- Lesson 3: Implementing Network Monitoring
  - Objectives:
    - Implement network monitoringConfigure IP SLA technology
- Lab 5-1: Implement High Availability in a Network Design
  - Objectives:
    - Design a high availability solution consisting of a syslog, SNMP reporting, and an IP SLA solution
    - Create an implementation requirements list
    - Create a step-by-step implementation and verification plan
    - Implement and verify your solution
- Lesson 4: Lab 5-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 6: Implementing Layer 3 High Availability
- Lesson 1: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with HSRP
  - Objectives:
    - Describe routing issuesIdentify the router redundancy process
    - Configure HSRP operations
    - Describe and fine-tune HSRP Troubleshoot HSRP
- Lesson 2: Configuring Layer 3 Redundancy with VRRP and GLBP
  - Objectives:
    - Describe VRRPIdentify the VRRP operations process
    - Configure VRRP
    - Describe GLBP
    - Identify the GLBP operations process
    - Configure GLBP
- Lab 6-1: Implement and Tune HSRP
  - Objectives:
    - Design an HSRP solution
    - Create an implementation requirements list
    - Create a step-by-step implementation and verification plan
    - Implement and verify your solution
- Lesson 3: Lab 6-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
- Lab 6-2: Implement VRRP
  - Objectives:
    - Design a VRRP solution
    - Create an implementation requirements list
    - Create a step-by-step implementation and verification plan
    - Implement and verify your solution
- Lesson 4: Lab 6-2 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 7: Minimizing Service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network
- Lesson 1: Understanding Switch Security Issues
  - Objectives:
    - Describe switch and Layer 2 security as a subset of an overall network security plan
    - Describe how a rogue device gains unauthorized access to a network
    - Categorize switch attack types and list mitigation options
    - Describe how a MAC flooding attack works to overflow a CAM Campus Backbone Layer table
    - Describe how port security is used to block input from devices based on Layer 2 restrictions
    - Describe the procedure for configuring port security on a switch
    - Describe the methods that can be used for authentication using AAA
    - Describe port-based authentication using 802.1X
- Lesson 2: Protecting Against VLAN Attacks
  - Objectives:
    - Describe how VLAN hopping occurs and why it is a security vulnerability
    - Explain the procedure for configuring a switch to mitigate VLAN hopping attacks
    - Describe VACLs and their purpose as part of VLAN security
    - Explain the procedure for configuring VACLs
- Lesson 3: Protecting Against Spoofing Attacks
  - Objectives:
    - Identify DHCP spoofing attacks
    - Prevent attacks using DHCP snooping
    - Configure DHCP snooping
    - Describe ARP poisoning
    - Protect against ARP spoofing attacks with DAI
- Lesson 4: Securing Network Services
  - Objectives:
    - Identify Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP vulnerabilities
    - Identify Telnet protocol vulnerabilities
    - Configure SSH
    - Configure vty ACLs
    - Configure Cisco IOS secure HTTP server
    - Understand switch security considerations
- Lab 7-1: Secure Network Switches to Mitigate Security Attacks
  - Objectives:
    - Perform a baseline assessment of network switch security settings
    - Identify possible threats, points of attack, and vulnerability points in the network
    - Write an implementation plan to implement security measures on network switches
    - Write a plan to test and verify security threat mitigation measures for VLANs
    - Configure port security and other switch security features
    - Configure a VACL
    - Verify the correct implementation of security measures
    - Document the switch and VLAN security plan, settings, operations, and maintenance
- Lesson 5: Lab 7-1 Debrief
  - Objectives
    - Discuss lab results
Module 8: Accommodating Voice and Video in Campus Networks
- Lesson 1: Planning for Support of Voice in a Campus Network
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss the components of a VoIP network and the components of IP telephony
    - Compare the uniform bandwidth consumption of voice traffic to the intermittent bandwidth consumption of data traffic
    - Compare video bandwidth consumption to voice and data bandwidth consumption based on video application types
    - Identify a solution for latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, reliability, and security for voice and video traffic integration into a data network
- Lesson 2: Integrating and Verifying VoIP in a Campus Infrastructure
  - Objectives:
    - Plan for VoIP requirements
    - Describe Voice VLANs
    - Configure and Verify Voice VLANs
    - Plan PoE requirements and configure PoE
    - Provide additional services required by VoIP devices
    - Create a Test Plan for VoIP integration
- Lesson 3: Working with Specialists to Accommodate Voice and Video on Campus Switches
  - Objectives:
    - Describe high availability applied to VoIP or video traffic
    - Build an integrated voice/video/data campus network
    - Explain the need for QoS for VoIP and video integration
    - Configure basic QoS for voice and video VLANs
- Lab 8-1: Plan Implementation and Verification of VoIP in a Campus Network
  - Objectives:
    - Gather information regarding the implementation of VoIP
    - Prepare an implementation requirements list for VoIP readiness
    - Prepare an implementation and verification plan
    - Implement and verify the VoIP readiness plan
- Lesson 4: Lab 8-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results
Module 9: Integrating Wireless LANs into a Campus Network
- Lesson 1: Comparing WLANs with Campus Networks
  - Objectives:
    - Describe WLANs
    - Compare wired and wireless LAN
    - Describe main wireless LAN topologies
    - Describe the settings specific to WLANs, such as SSIDs, and WLAN-to-VLAN mapping
- Lesson 2: Assessing the Impact of WLANs on Campus Networks
  - Objectives:
    - Describe WLAN implementations
    - Compare WLAN solutions
    - Assess traffic flow in an autonomous AP configuration and its impact on the campus LAN
    - Assess traffic flow in an controller-based configuration and its impact on the campus LAN
- Lesson 3: Preparing the Campus Infrastructure for WLANs
  - Objectives:
    - Decide on the best placement for APs and controllers
    - Configure switches for WLAN devices
    - Gather WLAN requirements
    - Plan WLAN integration
    - Create a test plan
- Lab 9-1: Integrate Wireless in the Campus
  - Ojectives:
    - Identify the requirements for implementing wireless structure in a network
    - Prepare an implementation plan for wireless integration
    - Prepare the switched network for integration of wireless equipment
    - Verify that the switched network was properly provisioned
- Lesson 4: Lab 9-1 Debrief
  - Objectives:
    - Discuss lab results

Lab Outline

Lab 1-1: New Hire Test
Lab 2-1: Design and Implement VLANs, Trunks, and EtherChannel
Lab 2-2: Troubleshoot Common VLAN Configuration and Security Issues
Lab 2-3: Configure Private VLANs
Lab 3-1: Implement Multiple Spanning Tree
Lab 3-2: Implement PVSRT+
Lab 3-3: Troubleshoot Spanning Tree Issues
Lab 4-1: Implement Inter-VLAN Routing
Lab 4-2 Troubleshoot Inter-VLAN Routing
Lab 5-1: Implement High Availability in a Network Design
Lab 6-1: Implement and Tune HSRP
Lab 6-2: Implement VRRP
Lab 7-1: Secure Network Switches to Mitigate Security Attacks
Lab 8-1: Plan Implementation and Verification of VoIP in a Campus Network
Lab 9-1: Integrate Wireless in the Campus