The Switched Campus Network

Overview/Description
To introduce BCMSN courseware and to provide an understanding of the design of a switched campus network

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers, network system analysts, customers, resellers responsible for network administration and implementation, and anyone working toward the Cisco Certified Network Professional qualification

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the internetworking fundamentals of operating and configuring a Cisco IOS device, basic switch configuration, routing protocol concepts, VLANs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, ISL, and access list configuration

Expected Duration
420 Minutes

Objectives:

The Switched Campus Network

  • outline the structure of this learning path.
  • describe the Cisco Career Certification paths.
  • identify the major characteristics and operational issues pertaining to traditional campus network design.
  • discuss the rules governing network traffic patterns and the importance of localizing traffic.
  • describe the features of layer 2 switching.
  • describe the features of layer 3 and layer 4 switching.
  • identify switching functions associated with different layers of a switching model.
  • describe emerging traffic patterns and the technologies and features that can be used to respond to customer requirements.
  • explain the hierarchical model and the building block approach to switched network design.
  • describe characteristics of a switch block and associated devices.
  • describe the functions and characteristics of a core block.
  • explain the factors relating to layer 2 and 3 core block scaling and implementation.
  • identify switching technologies.
  • describe the issues associated with configuring campus networks and the cable media types commonly used to build campus networks.
  • describe the features of Gigabit Ethernet and why it is a solution to bandwidth limitations.
  • connect devices to Cisco switches.
  • cable between devices and the switch block.
  • configure connectivity on IOS-based and set command-based switches.
  • configure a host PC and an access switch.
  • configure a link between an access switch and a distribution switch.
  • configure a link between a distribution switch and a core switch.


    • Course Number: 61198_eng