Ethernet
switch course contents
Switches
Switch review, reasons for segmentation, 802.1p, 802.1x,
switch clustering, Ethernet bundling.
Advanced STP issues
STP review, STP convergence, STP states, STP timers, BPDUs,
topology changes, placing the root bridge, tuning STP timers,
troubleshooting STP, disabling STP, alternatives to STP.
Rapid STP
802.1w, new port roles and states, new BPDUs, rapid convergence,
topology changes, compatibility issues.
VLANS
Review. Planning VLANS, Dynamic VLANS, multi VLAN ports.
InterVLAN routing
Internal/External router, router on a stick, speeding the
routing process, multi layer switching, content aware switching.
Trunking
Trunks, servers and routers, Link types, ISL, DISL, 802.1Q,
DTP.
VTP
Why VTP? VTP modes, how VTP works, VTP pruning.
Yet more STP
Common Spanning Tree, PVST, load balancing, PVST+
Ethernet switches and multicasting
Mapping multicast addresses to VLANS, static configuration,
IGMP snooping, CGMP, broadcast suppression.
Designing switched networks
Case studies, design rules and guidelines. |
