• Install Cisco switches.
• Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage Cisco switches.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco switches.
• Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP.

Duration: 2 days

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Cisco switches course contents

Introduction
How Ethernet works with hubs, How Ethernet works with switches. Installing Cisco switches. Hands on: Building a network with a hub, building a network with a Cisco switch.

Basic troubleshooting
The Cisco switch range, LEDs, cabling issues, factory resets, default settings. Hands on: Building a network with multiple Cisco switches.

Configuration methods
Console port access, telnet, web based access, SNMP, saving configurations, NVRAM, switch stacks, stacking ports. Hands on: Accessing the switch using the console port, IP address configuration, telnet.

Console interface
User and privilege modes, online help, show, basic troubleshooting. Hands on: displaying the switch configuration, status and counters.
The configuration editor, Global, major and sub commands, enable, secret and other passwords. Hands on: Setting a password, CLI configuration.

Web based interface
Getting started, basic format. Hands on: Configuring the switch using the web interface.

Port configuration
Common port configuration tasks, port trunking. Hands on: Configuring ports.

STP configuration
What is STP? Configuring STP. Hands on: Enabling and disabling STP, configuring STP.

VLAN configuration
What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Hands on: Setting up VLANS, setting up 802.1Q, Inter VLAN traffic.

Housekeeping
TFTP, upgrades. Hands on: software and configuration upgrades.

SNMP
SNMP configuration, NMS’s. Hands on: Using SNMP to manage a Cisco switch, putting it all together: troubleshooting.