Switching

• Core Concepts and Design
  • Plug and play switches
  • Enterprise Composite Network Model
  • VLANs
  • Designing the Network
  • The Two Flavours of CISCO Switches
• VLANs
  • Configuration and Verification
    • VLAN Foundations
    • Local VLANs
    • Configuring VLANs
    • Deleting VLAN Database
  • In-Depth Trunking
    • Trunking
    • The Two Tagging Flavours
    • Digging Deeper Into the Trunk
    • Negotiating Trunking
    • Configuring Trunk Ports
  • VLAN Trunking Protocol
    • VTP Modes
    • VTP Pruning
    • Configuring VTP
    • Common VLAN problems
• STP
  • STP - Foundation per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts
    • The Facts About Spanning Tree
    • Understanding BPDUs and Elections
    • How STP Finds the Best Path
    • Initial Enhancements: Per VLAN Spanning Tree
    • The Spanning-Tree Command
    • Problems with Spanning-Tree
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Concepts and Configuration
    • Problems and Solutions
    • Rapid STP Port States
    • Rapid STP Port Roles
    • Why RSTP is Better
    • Configuring RSTP
• Etherchannel
  • Two Negotiating Protocols
  • Configuring EtherChannel
    • Layer 2 EtherChannel
    • Layer 3 EtherChannel
  • Best Practices
• L3 Switching
  • Router on a stick (802.1Q/ISL)
  • Multi-Layer Switching
  • Understanding Layer 3 vs Multilayer Switching
  • Layer 3 Routing vs Layer 3 Switching
  • Exceptions to CEF
  • Verifying CEF Processing
• HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP
  • Redundancy Considerations
  • HSRP vs VRRP vs GLBP
  • HSRP
    • HSRP Base Configuration
    • Tuning and Optimizing HSRP
  • VRRP
    • VRRP Configuration
  • GLBP
    • GLBP Configuration
• Campus Security
  • Basic Port Security and 802.1x
    • Port Security on Catalyst Switches
    • Identity-Based Network Services (IBNS)
  • VLAN and Spoofing Attacks
    • Preventing VLAN Hopping Attacks
    • Private VLANs
    • Setting up Private VLANs
    • Man in the Middle Attacks
  • STP Attacks and Other Security Considerations
    • Spanning Tree Manipulation
    • Cisco Switches Best Practices
  • VACLs
    • The Switch ACL: VACLs
• Campus VoIP
  • Why an Organization Would use IPT
  • Phase One IP Telephony Migration
  • Phase Two IP Telephony Migration
  • Campus Issues to Power when Deploying VOIP
  • Understanding and Configuring Dual VLANs
  • Understanding and Configuring QoS
• Wireless LAN
  • Foundation Concepts and Design
    • Types of Wireless Networks
    • Wireless LAN Facts
    • Understanding the SSID
    • Correct Design of a WLAN
    • Client Roaming
    • Two Flavors or Roaming
    • How a Client Roams
    • Wireless VLAN Support
  • Frequencies and 802.11 Standards
    • Unlicensed Frequencies
    • Understanding RF
    • The 802.11 Lineup
    • Wireless Range
    • Wireless LAN Security
  • Understanding the Hardware
    • Understanding the AP Categories
    • Understanding Lightweight Access Points
    • Wireless LAN Controllers
    • Cisco Wireless Indoor Access Points
    • Power Over Ethernet
    • Understanding Antennas
• The Switch’s Domain
  • Understanding Loopguard
  • Understanding UDLD
  • Supervisor Redundancy Mechanisms
  • Designing the Network
• Monitoring
  • Implementing Syslog
  • Understanding SNMP
  • Understanding IP SLA
• General
  • AAA
    • RADIUS
  • Health
  • Factory Default Settings
  • IOS Upgrade
  • Isolating Guest Network