Course Overview
This Instructor Led course is designed to instruct the learner on various topics related to the theory, configuration, and troubleshooting of layer 2 and layer 3 protocols typically found in a Campus networking environment. The theory learned in lecture will be put to practical application with hands-on labs utilizing Dell EMC N-Series switches.
Course Content
Campus Networking Overview
- Define Campus Networking
- Campus Networking Technologies
- Campus Topologies
Campus Networking Overview
- Boot Process
- Mgmt IP and Firmware
- Standalone vs stack
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- VLAN Overview
- VLAN Tagging, Switchport modes, Switch Tag Filtering
- Default VLAN, VLAN Database, VLAN Interfaces and Configurable VLAN Range
- Configuration Validation and Troubleshooting VLANs
- Private VLANs
- Use cases
- Routed VLANs
Spanning-Tree Protocol
- STP Basics
- RSTP protocol
- MSTP protocol
- RSTP-PV Protocol
- STP Protection
- Troubleshooting
Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
- Overview
- Operation of LAGs
- Static LAG
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- Interaction with STP
- Switch to Server LAG
MLAG (Multi-chassis Link Aggregation)
- Overview
- Components
- Peer Link and Peers
- Limitations of MLAG
- Firmware Updates
- Configuration, Validation and Troubleshooting
Discovery Protocols
- Discover Protocols Overview
- Packet info (text fields in the frame), with visual examples
- ISDP, CDP and LLDP
- N-Series run ISDP
Security
- Access Control Lists
- Port Security
- AAA Security
Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
- Overview
- Example POE devices
- Power Standards, Class of device and power requirements
- Static vs Dynamic power budget
- PoE Limits per switch model and port number
- Configuring PoE on Campus Switches
- Validation using show commands
- Determine the cause for an IP Phone not powering on
- Measure the power output for a given interface and/or the entire switch
Quality of Service (QoS)
- QoS Overview
- Classification
- Queuing
- Shaping
- Policing
- Congestion
- Protocols
Voice Over IP (VOIP)
- VOIP Overview
- N-Series predefined policy
- VLAN support
- LLDP-MED
- dotp and diffserv
- ISDP/CDP in Cisco phone configs
DHCP
- DHCP Overview
- DHCP protocol
- DHCP Server Options (supported and not supported)
- DHCP Server
- DHCP Helper
- DHCP L2 relay, snooping
VRRP
- VRRP Overview
- Priority
- Master vs slave
- Staggering per VLAN
- Object tracking
- Addresses and uses (multicast, VIP)
- Pre-empt vs no pre-empt
Routing
- Route Basics
- Static Routing
- OSPF
- BGP
Policy based routing (PBR)
- Overview of PBR
- Working of `PBR
- Examples for Traffic Isolation, Server Priority and VLAN Redirection
- Configuring, Validation and Troubleshooting PBR
Multicast
- Overview
- IGMP Query/Snooping (within network)
- PIM (routing multicast)
IPv6
- IPv6 Addressing
- Scopes
- ICMP
Stacking
- Need for stacking
- Topology options (cascade vs ring)
- Roles (Master, Standby, Member)
- Hardware used for connectivity between chassis
- Setting member priority
- General Stacking guidelines
- User port vs. stack modules
Who should attend
This course is intended for professionals those who configure, manage, and troubleshoot Dell EMC Campus Networking Products.
Prerequisites
The pre-requisite for this course is that, the student must have completed the Associate course -Dell EMC PowerSwitch Concepts and Features
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the Dell EMC Campus Portfolio
- Describe networking technologies and data flows found in the campus environment.
- Perform basic switch setup tasks
- Describe, configure, and troubleshoot VLANs
- Explain the importance of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and then configure, verify, and troubleshoot the feature
- Describe static and dynamic Link Aggregation Groups (LAG). Configure and troubleshoot LAG configuration mismatch
- Describe the components that makeup an MLAG and Configure and validate MLAG configuration
- Describe the characteristics of the discovery protocols supported by the N-Series switch and use cases
- Describe and configure security features including Access Control List (ACL), Port Security, and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Security
- Configure PoE on a switch port and determine the cause for an IP Phone not powering on. Provide examples common POE devices
- Explain the need for Quality of Service (QoS), Identify the characteristics of QoS and configure QoS on N-Series switches
- Describe the basic operation of VOIP and identify the configuration requirements to support VOIP devices
- Identify the N-Series pre-defined VOIP policy and manipulate Voice VLAN to achieve desired quality of service for voice traffic
- Describe the basic operation DHCP and DHCP Relay. Configure DHCP using a N-Series switch and identify the options to secure DHCP from attacks.
- Describe the basic operation of VRRP and identify the components of VRRP
- Configure and Validate VRRP configurations
- Configure IPv4 on an interface
- Demonstrate familiarity with IP subnetting and configure static routes. Compare static routing with dynamic routing.
- Troubleshoot a problem using ARP table and Traceroute commands
- Describe the basic operation of policy based routing. Configure and Validate PBR configurations
- Identify PBR use cases
- Describe the concepts relating to IP Multicast technology and identify the steps required to configure multicasting
- Compare IGMP and PIM use cases
- Define IPv6 address types, EUI64 and ipv6 auto configuration
- Describe stacking and its benefits
- Describe the topology options (cascade vs ring), Roles (Master, Standby, Member) and hardware used for connectivity between chassis.