Overview
Vendor Dependent Training
  - Foundry Networks
Vendor Independent Training
 
 

 

Basic Switch/Router Configuration and Management

Course Code: TRNG -0103
Course Duration: Three days

Schedule and Registration

Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course you should have a working knowledge of the listed technologies and the following personal hardware during the week of attendance.

Course Content

The TRNG-0103 - Basic Switch/Router Configuration and Management course is a 3-day lecture-lab format that introduces the Foundry Switch/Router Family of products, the architecture, core features and benefits and how they are utilized in the network. This course includes the basic configuration, operations and management of the L2/L3 Switches/Routers using the Command Line Interface (CLI) for the interfaces, VLANs and L2/L3 protocols. This course serves as the foundation for advancing in the understanding of networking technologies and features offered by Foundry Networks family of products.

Working Knowledge of:

  • The OSI reference model
  • The difference between networks using IP and IPX protocols.
  • The differences between and functions of layer 2 and layer 3 devices (switches and routers)
  • Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Inter-domain routing protocols (RIP, static routes)

Personal hardware

  • Laptop Personal Computer with W95 or higher
  • Ethernet NIC card
  • CD Drive
  • Serial Interface (with a DB9 Connector)
  • TFTP application

Course Objectives
 After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  • Identify where Foundry Products are used in a Typical Data Network
  • Create Layer 2 and 3 Data Networks using Foundry Switches / Routers
  • Use the Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure and manage Foundry Switch / Router interfaces, VLANs and protocols.
  • Upgrade software images and files on Foundry Switch / Routers
  • Interconnect Foundry Switch Routers based on a network design
  • Configure Access Lists
  • Troubleshoot using CLI show commands

Course Outline
 The Essentials

- Configure Foundry products with the Command Line Interface.
- Determine port settings from front panel LED's
- List the contents of Flash
- Move contents between Flash and a TFTP Server
- Determine the Layer 2 or 3 configuration of the product
- Control User Access

Trunks

- Define the different types of trunks
- Configure a trunk
- Use the CLI to find which ports belong to which trunks

VLANs

- Configure Layer 2 Port based VLANs
- Configure 802.1q Frame Tagging
- Configure Layer 3 Protocol VLANs
- Switching Routers (routing between VLANs in one product)
- VLAN Groups (simultaneous configuration and management of 1000 or more VLANs)

Spanning Tree Protocol

- Foundry STP default 802.1d
- Per VLAN Spanning Tree and PVST+ compatibility
- Fast Port Span
- Fast Uplink Span
- Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w)
- STP per VLAN Group
- SuperSpan Spanning Tree

Routing

- Describe the basic functions of RIP
- Enable RIP on a router interface
- Configure a Static Route
- Configure a Default Route

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

- List the differences between OSPF & RIP
- Describe the basic OSPF terms
- List the show commands used for OSPF troubleshooting
- Describe the Hello Protocol & Designated Router Elections
- List the OSPF LSA types and their function
- Configure OSPF in a variety of configurations:

  • Multi-Area OSPF
  • Stub Area OSPF
  • Rip and OSPF Redistribution
  • OSPF Virtual links

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

- Describe the basic BGP terms
- List the differences between IGP and EGP
- Describe an Autonomous System (AS)
- List the steps of BGP peering
- List the differences between IBGP & EBGP
- Configure EBGP and IBGP:

  • EBGP for Multihome ISPs
  • IBGP using loopback interfaces
  • EBGP Multihop

Access Control Lists (ACLs)

- Describe differences between a Standard ACLs & Extended ACL
- Configure Standard & Extended ACLs
- Applying ACLs to Policy Based Routing

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

- Describe VRRP and VRRPe (Enhanced)
- Configure VRRP and VRRPe

Who should attend
The Target Audience for this course is as follows:

  • Customers or Resellers who are new to Foundry Networks Products
  • Network technicians new to Foundry Products and Services
  • Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large business networks.
  • Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment.
  • FNCNE Candidates