Advanced Ethernet switching

Description

An advanced hands on switching course for those
already familiar with the basics such as STP and
VLANs. The course starts with advanced diagnostics
and network monitoring moving onto switch protocols.
A large part of the second day is spent implementing
QoS and security such as 802.1x.

What will you learn

Advanced Ethernet switching training course details

Technical staff working with Ethernet switches.

None

2 days

Switch review, troubleshooting,
diagnostics, L2 traceroute, UDLD,
message logging, Wireshark, port
mirroring,
Hands on: Troubleshooting.

SNMP, SNMPv3, RMON, Netflow,
Sflow. System logging.
Hands on:
Managing switches with SNMP.
Syslogd.

Auto-MDIX, LLDP, CDP, Link
aggregation, LACP, Link state tracking,
VLANS and tags, DTP.
Hands on: Discovery, dynamic configuration.

802.1w, new port roles and states, new
BPDUs, rapid convergence, topology
changes, compatibility issues. L3
redundancy, VRRP, GLBP. Design
issues.
Hands on: RSTP, VRRP.

Why VTP? VTP modes, how VTP works,
VTP pruning. GVRP, MVRP.
Hands on:
Dynamic VLANs

802.1s (multiple spanning tree), regions, rings, L2MP, TRILL.
Hands on: 802.1s

What is multicasting, Static
configuration, IGMP snooping, CGMP,
MVR. IPv6 MLD snooping.
Hands on:
Multicast through switches

Storm control, DSCP, 802.1Q, 802.1p,
mapping, classification, policy, Ingress
queues, Egress queues. Dropping
frames, limiting bandwidth.
Hands on:
Voice through switches.

Native VLANs, Voice VLANs

Static MAC addresses, AAA, RADIUS,
Port based authentication, 802.1x,
Guest VLANs, L2 attacks, SSH,
HTTPS.
Hands on: Hardening switches.

NTP, managing the MAC address table,
managing system resources, SDN