Advanced Enterprise Switch/Router Networking UK Classes & Lessons (Foundry)

About this class

This course is similar in content to the 5 day "Advanced Switch/Router Configuration and Management" course (FOU0004), but concentrates on protocols that are likely to be appropriate to an Enterprise, rather than Service Provider, network. BGP is not included.

The course provides an in-depth study of layer 2 and layer 3 features of Foundry Networks switches and routers including the advanced aspects of the technologies OSPF and Spanning Tree. The course covers the theory of configuration, troubleshooting and network design using the Foundry products but concentrates on (80% of the course) providing hands-on configuration experience. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to select appropriate Foundry devices, connect, configure, and troubleshoot them in Enterprise wide advanced network designs.

Who will the lesson benefit?

The course is designed for:

Anyone who is familiar with Foundry Networks Switch/Router Products and wishes to increase the depth of their knowledge and experience.

Network technicians with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting experience with Foundry Products

Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large business networks.

Network support staff that will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment.

What delegates will learn

At the end of this course the student will be able to:

Implement advanced configurations in a variety of STP and OSPF Layer 2 and 3 networks
Tune a Layer 2 network for fast STP failover and for operation in single and per VLAN topologies
Successfully implement VRRPe in a Layer 2 and 3 environments
Gain a thorough understanding of the operation of the OSPF protocol
Implement multi-Area OSPF topologies
Implement multi-routing protocol network topologies and design OSPF route filters
Troubleshoot simple and advanced STP and OSPF configurations using CLI commands

Contents of this class

STP 802.1d Review
Describe 802.1d and the basic mechanic
STP Topology Groups
Describe where Foundry STP features are implemented in Hierarchical Switching Model
Describe Topology Groups as a fundamental tool for organization of L2 path features
STP Parameters
Describe Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) parameters
Describe all aspects of Spanning that will be implemented in the Enterprise Applications
STP Applications
Predict and verify how STP will converge in lab hardware
Given a network design, choose the correct root bridge from lab hardware,
Change the STP election process to meet a design objective.
Adjust STP timers to shorten the convergence time
Shorten the convergence time by converting to 802.1w
Load balance the traffic of many VLANs across two uplinks by using bridge priorities
Verify increased CPU usage as a consequence of increasing the number of STP instances.
Reduce CPU usage and maintain uplink load balancing by grouping VLANs under two STP instances, one per uplink.
Verify that traffic from either active uplink will failover to the other active uplink
Verify that implementing PVG_STP has not compromised STP failover time
VRRPe
Describe the benefits and disadvantages of different design choices for VRRPe in a STP environment.
Describe the method of virtual MAC address creation based on VRID
Describe how a Backup Router becomes Master through non-reception of Hello packets
Configure VRRPe network on top of the current L2 network with STP disabled in the core
Configure 4 VRIDs
Verify L2 & L3 failover
Vonfigure VRRPe network on top of the current L2 network with STP Enabled in the core.
Verify L2 & L3 failover
OSPF
Design and build an OSPF network
Explain how Flooding differs between normal and stub areas when a external network is added
Design and configure Intra-Area and Inter-Area Summarization
Configure redistribution to allow Multiple Interior routing protocols to coexist in the network
List the filter types and describe their behaviour
Design and deploy filters to block route updates and traffic
Configure, monitor and troubleshoot redistribution problems

What prerequisites are required

Delegates are required to provide a Laptop PC for use during the class. Each PC needs to have either Windows NT or 2000 installed; they require a Network Interface Card (NIC), a serial port and a CD ROM & Floppy disc drive. If this causes any issues, please notify Q6 immediately and we'll work together on a solution.!