IMPLEMENTING CISCO IP SWITCH NETWORKS (CCNP)

SWITCH is designed for network engineers with at least one year of professional work experience, who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Students will learn to plan, configure and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions using Cisco's Campus Enterprise Architecture. The course also covers secure integration of VLANs, WLANs, voice and video traffic into campus networks. 

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION 

• ANALYZING THE CISCO ENTERPRISE CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE 
• IMPLEMENTING VLANs IN CAMPUS NETWORKS 
• IMPLEMENTING SPANNING TREE 
• IMPLEMENTING INTER-VLAN ROUTING 
• IMPLEMENTING HIGH AVAILABILITY AND REDUNDANCY IN A CAMPUS NETWORK 
• SECURING THE CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE 
• PREPARING THE CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADVANCE SERVICES 

IMPLEMENTING CISCO IP SWITCH NETWORKS(CCNP) 

“Course Outline”

1. ANALYZING THE CISCO ENTERPRISE CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE

• Introduction to Enterprise Campus Network Design
  
• Enterprise Campus Design 
• PPDIOO Lifecycle Approach to Network Design and Implementation

2. IMPLEMENTING VLANs IN CAMPUS NETWORKS

• Implementing VLAN Technologies in a Campus Network 
• Implementing Trunking in Cisco Campus Network 
• VLAN Trunking Protocol  
• Private VLANs  
• Configuring Link Aggregation with Ether Channel       

​​3. IMPLEMENTING SPANNING TREE 

• Evolution of Spanning Tree Protocols   
• Spanning Tree Protocol Basics 
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 
• Multiple Spanning Tree 
• Spanning Tree Enhancements 
• Recommended Spanning Tree Practices 
• Troubleshooting STP 
• Potential STP Problems

4. IMPLEMENTING INTER-VLAN ROUTING 

• Describing Inter-VLAN Routing  
• Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing 
• Implementing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol in a Multilayer Switch Environment  
• Deploying CEF-Based Multilayer Switching

​5. IMPLEMENTING HIGH AVAILABILITY AND REDUNDANCY IN A CAMPUS NETWORK 

• Understanding High Availability 
• Implementing High Availability 
• Implementing Network Monitoring  
• Implementing Redundant Supervisor Engines in Catalyst Switches  
• Understanding First Hop Redundancy Protocols 
• Cisco IOS Server Load Balancing  

6. SECURING THE CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE 

• Switch Security Fundamentals 
• Understanding and Protecting Against MAC Layer Attack 
• Understanding and Protecting Against VLAN Attacks 
• Understanding and Protecting Against Spoofing Attacks 
• Securing Network Switches 
• Switch Security Considerations 
• Troubleshooting Performance and Connectivity 

7. PREPARING THE CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADVANCE SERVICES 

• Planning for Wireless, Voice, and Video Application in the Campus Network 
• Understanding QS 
• Implementing IP Multicast in the Campus Network 
• Preparing the Campus Infrastructure to Support Wireless 
• Preparing the Campus Infrastructure to Support Voice 
• Preparing the Campus Infrastructure to Support Video