Catalyst® 6500 Operations and Maintenance - Layer 3 (6500-IOSSupe720)

Length: 3-day Workshop

This course is custom-designed to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the Cisco 6500 Switch with Supervisor 720 Architecture and Operations for Layer 3 switching.

The course is designed to take students through a thorough understanding of VLAN fundamentals and 6500 Architecture. Students will learn of Cisco IOS switch commands and be able to demonstrate their knowledge through labs that utilize Cisco Systems IOS switches.

Students will learn how to support the 6500 Hardware and Software components. In addition, Wireless Maintenance and Operation commands will be utilized to install, configure and troubleshoot lab equipment.

Students will learn how to navigate, manage and operate the command line interface (CLI) of Cisco Routers and Switches through the use of Cisco IOS 12.X operating system.

Students will use a combination of Cisco 3550 and 6500 switches in the classroom connected to remote labs via the Internet.

You will learn to:

• LAN Switching and Bridging Fundamentals
• Comparison IOS and CAT-OS
• Catalyst 6500 Architecture Overview
• Introducing Supervisor Modules
• Hardware of the Cat 6500 Supe 720
• Detailed Supervisor 720 Architecture
• Extending Switched Networks with Virtual LANs
• Configuring VLANs
• Wireless VLAN
• VTP Configuration
• Introducing Catalyst 6500 Line Cards
• Wireless High Availability
• Introducing Network Redundancy Mechanisms
• Introducing Spanning Tree Protocol
• Wireless Troubleshooting and Operations

Prerequisites:

• Network Fundamentals and Layer 2 Switching Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge

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