Overview

Cisco Systems has developed a blueprint for designing networks around the demanding needs of the user communities of today, and the vastly improved infrastructure technologies that exist to meet those needs in a modern network. This blueprint, called the Enterprise Composite Network model, is a modular, hierarchical approach to network design. The Enterprise Composite Network model assists designers and engineers in developing and maintaining networks based on the functional, logical, and physical components, thereby reducing complexity.

This module examines the shortcomings of networks that had no clear hierarchy or design plan to accommodate the growth of an organization and points out that by simply implementing current modern technologies into a poorly designed network will not solve problems. It also addresses the benefits of a modular, scalable network model and identifies how various networking technologies are deployed within the Campus Infrastructure module of the Enterprise Composite Model.

NOTE:

It is required that the student study the commands covered in the module using the labs and the Command Reference. Not all required commands are covered in sufficient detail in the text alone. Successful completion of this course requires a thorough knowledge of command syntax and application.

The Command Reference can be found on the Cisco.com website at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/ univercd/cc/td/doc/ product/software/ios123/ 123mindx/index.htm