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Course overview

Switching

A planned sequence through Ethernet forwarding, VLANs, loop prevention, link aggregation, and Layer 3 switching.

70 of 70 lessons available. Each available lesson includes focused examples, key takeaways, and a quiz.

Course sections

Switching Basics7 topics
  1. Introduction to LANAvailable
  2. Introduction to EthernetAvailable
  3. MAC address learningAvailable
  4. Static MAC entriesAvailable
  5. CEF forwardingAvailable
  6. Switching database allocationAvailable
  7. Interface troubleshootingAvailable
VLANs and Trunking16 topics
  1. Broadcast domainsAvailable
  2. Collision domainsAvailable
  3. Introduction to VLANsAvailable
  4. VLAN configurationAvailable
  5. 802.1Q encapsulationAvailable
  6. Trunk configurationAvailable
  7. Native VLANAvailable
  8. Voice VLANAvailable
  9. DTP negotiationAvailable
  10. Q-in-Q tunnelingAvailable
  11. EtherChannel over Q-in-QAvailable
  12. Private VLANsAvailable
  13. Inter-VLAN routingAvailable
  14. VLAN and trunk troubleshootingAvailable
  15. Inter-VLAN troubleshootingAvailable
  16. VLAN hoppingAvailable
VLAN Distribution2 topics
  1. VTP operationAvailable
  2. VTP version 3Available
Spanning Tree20 topics
  1. Introduction to spanning treeAvailable
  2. Path costAvailable
  3. PVSTAvailable
  4. Port statesAvailable
  5. Topology changesAvailable
  6. PortFastAvailable
  7. PortFast and spanning treeAvailable
  8. UplinkFastAvailable
  9. BackboneFastAvailable
  10. Rapid spanning treeAvailable
  11. RSTP configurationAvailable
  12. Root bridge placementAvailable
  13. MST regions and instancesAvailable
  14. BPDU filteringAvailable
  15. BPDU guardAvailable
  16. Root guardAvailable
  17. Loop guard and UDLDAvailable
  18. Spanning-tree troubleshootingAvailable
  19. Flex LinksAvailable
  20. Spanning-tree limitationsAvailable
Link Aggregation3 topics
  1. EtherChannel fundamentalsAvailable
  2. Layer 3 EtherChannelAvailable
  3. EtherChannel troubleshootingAvailable
Switch Virtualization4 topics
  1. Switch virtualization conceptsAvailable
  2. StackWiseAvailable
  3. Chassis aggregationAvailable
  4. VSS deploymentAvailable
Campus Design1 topics
  1. Unicast flooding and asymmetric routingAvailable
Access Security11 topics
  1. Port securityAvailable
  2. Protected portsAvailable
  3. DHCP snoopingAvailable
  4. ARP poisoningAvailable
  5. Dynamic ARP InspectionAvailable
  6. Storm controlAvailable
  7. 802.1X authenticationAvailable
  8. MAC Authentication BypassAvailable
  9. VLAN access listsAvailable
  10. VACL packet matchingAvailable
  11. IP Source GuardAvailable
Management and Services6 topics
  1. Switch management addressingAvailable
  2. Power over EthernetAvailable
  3. SPAN and RSPANAvailable
  4. Small-business VLAN deploymentAvailable
  5. RMON statisticsAvailable
  6. PPPoE server deploymentAvailable