MLS and Fault Tolerant Routing

Overview/Description
To describe multilayer switching and fault tolerant routing

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
280 Minutes

Objectives:

MLS and Fault Tolerant Routing

  • identify the components of multilayer switching.
  • describe the operation of different switching processes.
  • describe the command sequences used when configuring MLS-RP.
  • describe the sequence of commands used to configure MLS on the MLS-SE.
  • describe how MLS improves routing of IP packets.
  • enable, configure, and verify MLS on a distribution switch's RSM.
  • enable, configure, and verify MLS on a distribution switch.
  • apply a flow mask to a distribution switch's RSM and monitor it's effect.
  • describe the various protocols associated with routers and discuss router redundancy.
  • describe the functional operation of Hot Standby Router Protocol.
  • describe the various functions of HSRP.
  • discuss the commands used to configure HSRP.
  • configure HSRP.
  • configure active, standby, and virtual routers as members of an HSRP group.


    • Course Number: 61210_eng