Maricopa Community Colleges  CNT220   20046-20075 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/09/03
CNT220 20046-20075 L+L 4 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Cisco Networking Multi-Layer Switching
Development of knowledge and skills in building campus networks using advanced and multi-layer switching technologies. Preparation for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) exam.
Prerequisites: CNT170 or CCNA industry certification, or permission of instructor. Corequisites: CNT200 and CNT210.
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CNT220   20046-20075 Cisco Networking Multi-Layer Switching
1. Explain basic routing and switching concepts in a Multi-layer switching internetwork. (I)
2. Design a campus network utilizing multi-layer components. (II)
3. Explain the services that enable connectivity and traffic transport in a multi-layer switched campus design. (III)
4. Implement a switched network, demonstrating Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and trunking technologies. (III)
5. Demonstrate the management of Layer 2 network traffic using Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP). (IV)
6. Configure IP multicast. (V)
7. Explain the design issues of an Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data (AVVID). (V)
8. Configure a network that demonstrates the different mechanisms of Quality of Service (QoS). (VI)
9. Demonstrate monitoring and security of a switched network. (VII)
10. Understand how to control access to a campus network. (VII, VIII)
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CNT220   20046-20075 Cisco Networking Multi-Layer Switching
    I. Internetworking Concepts
        A. Routing
          1. Physical connectivity
          2. WAN design configurations
          3. Hardware solutions
          4. Cisco IOS features
        B. Switching
          1. Physical connectivity
          2. Multi-layer
            a. Cisco express forwarding (CEF)
            b. Multilayer switching (MLS)
          3. Hardware solutions
          4. Cisco IOS features
        C. Transparent LAN services
      II. Campus Networks and Design Models
          A. Switching technologies
            1. Multi-layer components
            2. Layers 2, 3, and 4
            3. Flow masks
            4. Functions
            5. Quality of Service (QoS)
          B. Hardware
            1. Connectivity
            2. Configuring
            3. Maintaining
          C. Building-block approach
            1. Switch block
            2. Core block
            3. Scaling campus networks
        III. Campus Network Connectivity Services
            A. Trunking
              1. Types
              2. Configurations
              3. Protocols standards
                a. VLAN trunking protocol (VTP)
                b. Dynamic trunking protocol (DTP)
                c. Insight + Strategy + Logic. (ISL) and IEEE 802.1Q
            B. VLANs
              1. Operations and types
              2. Routing
              3. Configurations Virtual Local Area Network (VLANs) and VLAN Management Policy Server (VMPS)
              4. Integrity
              5. Security
              6. InterVLAN routing
                a. Methods
                b. Configuring
                c. Troubleshooting
          IV. Network Management in a Switched Network
              A. Spanning tree
                1. Functions and processes
                2. Configurations
                  a. IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning-Tree (RSTP)
                  b. PVST+
                  c. IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
                3. Configurations
                4. Convergence
                5. Performance tuning
                  a. PortFast
                  b. UplinkFast
                  c. BackboneTast
                6. EtherChannel
                7. Troubleshooting
              B. Redundancy
                1. Module redundancy in a multi-layer switched network
                2. Methods of implementing router redundancy in a switched network
                3. Hot standby routing protocol (HSRP)
                  a. Fault tolerant functions
                  b. Configurations
                  c. Design
                  d. Troubleshooting
            V. Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID)
                A. AVVID
                  1. Network infrastructure
                  2. Intelligent network services
                  3. Network solutions
                  4. Implementation
                B. Multicast in a multi-layer switched network
                  1. Switch facilitating
                  2. Address translations
                  3. Routing multicast traffic
                C. Voice quality issues
                  1. Cisco IP telephony
                  2. QoS (Quality of Service)
                  3. Design issues
                  4. Implementing
              VI. Quality of Service (QoS)
                  A. Service requirements
                  B. Quality of service mechanisms
                  C. Classification at the access layer
                  D. Policing and marking
                  E. Scheduling
                  F. Congestion avoidance
                  G. Traffic shaping
                  H. Issues using low speed links
                VII. Monitoring and Security
                    A. Mechanisms for monitoring Cisco switch port analyzer (SPAN) feature set
                    B. Network analysis modules and switch fabric modules
                    C. Securing
                      1. Remote management
                      2. User access
                      3. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
                      4. 802.1X Port-based authentication
                  VIII. Campus Network Access
                      A. Control
                        1. Policies
                        2. Implementation
                      B. Troubleshooting
                        1. Diagnose
                        2. IOS commands
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