Implementing Cisco Switched Networks (SWITCH) v1.0 is a five-day instructor-led training course, designed to help students prepare to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions for campus environments using the Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture. These skills are validated in the Cisco CCNP® Routing and Switching certification, a professional-level certification specializing in the routing and switching field. This course is a component of the Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching curriculum. This course is designed to give students a firm understanding of how to manage switches in an enterprise campus environment. This training class reinforces the instruction by providing students with hands-on labs.

Objectives

Upon completing this course, the student will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Analyze campus network designs
• Implement VLANs in a network campus
• Implement spanning tree
• Implement inter-VLAN routing in a campus network
• Implement a highly available network
• Implement high-availability technologies and techniques using multilayer switches in a campus environment
• Implement security features in a switched network
• Integrate WLANs into a campus network
• Accommodate voice and video in campus networks

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• A network professional who will need to correctly implement switch-based solutions given a network design using Cisco IOS services and features. The typical job roles for this type of professional are network engineers, network operations center (NOC) technical support personnel, or help desk technicians.

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

• Any individual involved in network operations and support.  

Prerequisites

• The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course include the following:
• Knowledge and experience equivalent to having attended the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) courses. This includes knowledge and experience of the following issues:
• Network function, the functions of network components, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, and the ability to identify major network components
• Use of the host-to-host packet delivery process to describe issues related to increasing traffic on an Ethernet LAN and identifying switched LAN technology solutions to Ethernet networking issues
• The reasons for extending the reach of a LAN, and the methods that can be used to extend this reach, with a focus on RF wireless access
• The reasons for connecting networks with routers, and how routed networks transmit data through the use of TCP/IP
• The function of WANs and major WAN devices; configuration of PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, and Port Address Translation (PAT) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing
• Use of the command-line interface (CLI) to discover neighbors on the network and manage router startup and configuration
• How to configure and troubleshoot a small network
• How to expand a small-sized, switched LAN to a medium-sized LAN with multiple switches, supporting VLANs, trunking, and spanning tree
• Routing concepts as they apply to a medium-sized network and considerations when implementing routing on the network
• Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
• How to apply access control lists (ACLs) based on network requirements, and configure, verify, and troubleshoot ACLs on a medium-sized network
• When to use Network Address Translation (NAT) or PAT on a medium-sized network and configure NAT or PAT on routers, and knowledge of IPv6 addressing and configuration IPv6 in a Cisco router
• How to identify and implement the appropriate WAN technology based on network requirements