Course outline
Module 1: Implementing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series, and Blade Switches
Lesson 1: Describing Data Center Architecture for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4900 Series Switches
- Describe data center evolution and current trends
- Understand the ECNM and Cisco SONA
- Describe and understand Cisco DCNA
- Identify data center switching platforms
Lesson 2: Describing and Positioning the Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4900 Series Switches
- Describe the Catalyst 4900 series switches
- Understand the hardware and software options for Catalyst 4900 switches
- Understand the system architecture of Catalyst 4900 family switches
- Identify the characteristics of Catalyst 6500 switches, the system architecture, and features
- Identify the position of Catalyst 4900 Series and Catalyst 6500 Series Switches in a data center network
Lesson 3: Describing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Supervisors
- Understand the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch supervisor module architecture
- Describe the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720 with PFC3A/B/BXL modules
- Describe the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720—10G with PFC3C/CXL modules
- Describe the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 modules
- Describe the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch supervisor operating system
Lesson 4: Describing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Module and Power Supply Options
- List the types of WAN and LAN line cards that are offered for the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Describe the basic architectures of the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch line cards
- Describe the packet flow through each of the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch line card architectures
- Explain key design considerations for deploying line cards in a Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Explain considerations for line card operability
- Describe the power supply options and consideration
Lesson 5: Implementing VSS 1440
- Describe the VSS 1440 functionality
- Identify the VSS 1440 benefits
- Explain the VSS 1400 system architecture
- Describe the VSS 1440 operation and protocols used to maintain the state
- Identify the VSS 1440 deployment scenarios
- Describe the VSS 1440 conversion process
- Identify the VSS 1440-related commands
Lesson 6: Upgrading Cisco IOS Software Using Software Modularity
- Explain the reliability benefits of Cisco IOS Software Modularity
- Describe how to upgrade a system to support patching
- Describe the process for installing maintenance packs
- Describe system tags, repackaging, and rollback
Lesson 7: Implementing NetFlow
- Describe the use of NetFlow and NDE on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Explain the process of configuring NetFlow and NDE
Lesson 8: Implementing QoS
- Describe how QoS is processed in Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
- Describe the basics of QoS and type of service (ToS)
- Describe ingress QoS progressing
- Describe QoS policing and policers
- Describe the process of egress policing
- Explain VLAN-based QoS
- Explain the modular QoS command-line interface (CLI)
- Describe the process of configuring QoS
- Describe Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Describe the QoS on VSS 1440
Lesson 9: Implementing EEM
- Describe the EEM functionality and usage
- Understand the EEM architecture
- Describe the EEM event detectors
- Identify the EEM applets and Tool Command Language (Tcl) scripts
- Identify hardware and software requirements
- Describe the EEM policy configuration steps
Lesson 10: Utilizing Automated Diagnostics
- Describe the fault management software features available on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Identify the line cards that support the time domain reflectometer (TDR) and discuss their advantages
- Explain GOLD functionality
- Describe soft high availability
- Identify the enhanced troubleshooting and debug information available on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
Lesson 11: Implementing SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN
- Describe how to use SPAN sessions within the network
- Describe how to configure SPAN sessions
- Describe how to use RSPAN sessions within the network
- Describe how to configure an RSPAN session
- Describe how to use ERSPAN sessions within the network
- Describe how to configure ERSPAN sessions
Lesson 12: Describing the Cisco Blade Switch Family
- Identify the Cisco blade switch platforms and benefits
- Describe the Cisco blade switch 3020 for HP c-Class
- Describe the Cisco blade switches 3030, 3032, 3130 for Dell
- Identify the benefits of the virtual blade switch
- Describe the Cisco blade switch 3040 for Fujitsu-Siemens
- Describe the Cisco OEM blade switch IGESM for IBM
- Describe the Cisco OEM blade switch CGESM for HP
Module 2: Implementing FWSM for a Data Center Network Infrastructure
Lesson 1: Implementing Traffic Flows
- Explain the firewall purpose and operation
- Describe the characteristics of the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Describe the steps needed to deploy basic Catalyst FWSM configuration
- Explain Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM networking modes
- Describe the steps needed to configure routed mode
- Describe the steps needed to configure transparent mode
- Explain the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Describe the steps needed to configure NAT and PAT
Lesson 2: Implementing Management Access
- Describe the available management access options on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Explain how the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM is accessed through console
- Explain remote management access via the command-line interface (CLI)
- Explain the GUI-based remote management access
- Describe the steps needed to configure various management access options
- Explain the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services
- Describe the steps needed to configure the AAA services
- Describe the commands used to verify the AAA services
Lesson 3: Implementing ACLs
- Understand the Layer 2 filtering options on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Describe the steps required to configure MAC address table manipulation
- Describe the steeps required to configure Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) inspection
- Describe the steps required to deploy ethertype filters
- Understand the filtering with ACLs on FWSM
- Describe the steps used to configure and verify the ACL configuration and operation
Lesson 4: Implementing Contexts
- Describe the use of multiple contexts on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Explain how to create multiple contexts
- Describe the resource management functions available for allocating resources to each context
Lesson 5: Implementing Routing
- Explain the need for static routing on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Describe the steps needed to configure static routes
- Explain the need for dynamic routing on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Describe the available dynamic routing protocols on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Explain the need for RHI
- Explain the need for application-specific routing (ASR)
- Explain the restrictions of dynamic routing
- Describe the steps needed to configure various dynamic routing protocols
Lesson 6: Implementing Failover
- Explain how the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM provides high availability
- Explain the failover monitoring mechanisms that can be used to force a failover
- Explain how to configure a failover pair
Lesson 7: Implementing Deep Packet Inspection
- Describe deep packet inspection on the Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM
- Identify the commands used to configure and verify deep packet inspection
- Describe the URL filtering functionality
- Identify the commands to configure and verify the URL filtering functionality
Module 3: Implementing Network Analysis with Cisco NAM
Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco NAM
- Identify the importance of monitoring network traffic, performance metrics, and data collection
- Describe the functional architecture of Cisco NAM
- Describe the Cisco NAM hardware
- Explain the Cisco NAM data sources
- Describe how to plan for Cisco NAM deployment
Lesson 2: Implementing Initial Configuration
- Describe the Cisco NAM installation
- Explain the Cisco NAM initial setup
- Describe various ways to access Cisco NAM
Lesson 3: Monitoring, Viewing, and Saving Data
- Describe how to use Cisco NAM for live network monitoring and analysis
- Describe how to use Cisco NAM for response-time monitoring
- Describe how to use Cisco NAM for URL monitoring
- Describe how to use Cisco NAM for troubleshooting
Lesson 4: NAM Maintenance
- Describe how to perform software upgrade
- Identify how to reset and shut down Cisco NAM
- Provide an overview of Cisco NAM diagnostics
Module 4: Implementing High-Availability Data Center Features
Lesson 1: Implementing High-Availability Features in the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Describe the first-hop failure problem
- Describe the solutions with benefits and drawbacks
- Explain the HSRP concepts
- Describe the HSRP configuration steps
- Explain the VRRP concepts
- Describe the VRRP configuration steps
- Explain the GLBP concepts
- Describe the GLBP configuration steps
Lesson 2: Implementing Stateful Switchover
- Describe the supervisor redundancy options that are available on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
- Compare the redundancy failover options available to the supervisor
- Describe how RPR and RPR+ mechanisms affect network availability
- Configure RPR and RPR+
- Explain how SSO affects network availability
- Configure SSO
Lesson 3: Implementing Nonstop Forwarding
- Describe the deployment requirements that are associated with NSF with SSO
- Compare the redundancy failover options available to the supervisor
- Identify the configuration steps necessary to deploy NSF with SSO
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