Module 1 - 8: Labs

: Designing a Network Using the Campus Infrastructure Module

e-Lab Activity: Getting Started with Catalyst Switches

In this lab, the student will configure and test Access, Distribution, and Core switches for basic connectivity in a campus environment.

Lab Exercise 1: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Series Basic Setup

Configure a Cisco Catalyst 2950T or 3550 series Ethernet switch for the first time using the command-line interface (CLI) mode.

Lab Exercise 2: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Configuration and IOS Files

Upload and download configuration files and the IOS System Image files.

Lab Exercise 3: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Series Password Recovery

Recover passwords while retaining configurations for the Cisco Catalyst 2950T and 3550 series of Ethernet switches.

Lab Exercise 4: Introduction to Fluke Network Inspector

This lab is a tutorial demonstrating how to use the Network Inspector (NI) from Fluke Network to discover and analyze network devices in a broadcast domain.

Lab Exercise 5: Introduction to Fluke Protocol Expert

This lab is a tutorial demonstrating how to use the Fluke Network OptiView Protocol Expert (PE) to analyze network traffic.

: Defining VLANs

Lab Exercise: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Series Static VLANS

Create and maintain VLANs on a Cisco Catalyst 2950T or 3550 series Ethernet switch using the command-line interface (CLI) mode.

Lab Exercise 1: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Series VTP Domain and VLAN Trunking

Configure a VLAN trunk between two Cisco Catalyst WS-C2950T-24-EI switches and a Cisco Catalyst WS-C3550-24-EMI switch in the command-line interface (CLI) mode.

Lab Exercise 2: Catalyst 2950T and 3550 Series VTP Pruning

Configure VTP pruning between two Cisco Catalyst WS-C2950T-24-EI switches and a Cisco Catalyst WS-C3550-24-EMI switch using the command-line interface (CLI) mode.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring VLANs and VTP

In this lab, the student will configure trunking, and VLANs. Also the student will verify the VTP and VLAN status on the switch.

: Implementing Spanning Tree

Lab Exercise 1: Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) Default Behavior

The purpose of this lab is to observe the default behavior of STP.

Lab Exercise 2: Use Network Inspector to Observe STP Behavior

The purpose of this lab is to observe STP behavior with the Network Inspector switch trace feature.

Lab Exercise 3: Advanced PVST+ Configuration

The purpose of this lab is to modify the default per-VLAN spanning tree plus (PVST+) configuration to control the spanning tree behavior.

Lab Exercise 4: Per-VLAN Spanning-Tree Load Balancing

The purpose of this lab is to modify the default behavior of spanning tree for VLAN load balancing using Cisco IOS commands.

e-Lab Activity: Implementing Spanning Tree Protocol

In this lab, the student will configure basic spanning-tree and observe its default behavior.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Fast EtherChannel

The purpose of this lab is to provide more bandwidth between Ethernet switches. Two 100-Mb links will be combined together to form a full duplex 200-Mb link.

: Spanning Tree Enhancements

Lab Exercise: Port Level Tuning to Control STP Behavior

The purpose of this lab is to use PortFast, UplinkFast, BPDU guard, root guard, and UDLD to control STP behavior on a port.

Lab Exercise: Implementing MST

The purpose of this lab is to implement MST in a switched network.

e-Lab Activity: Enhancing Spanning Tree Protocol

In this lab, the student will systematically tune STP to make is more efficient and useful.

: Implementing Multilayer Switching

Lab Exercise: Inter-VLAN Routing with an External Router

The purpose of this lab is to configure an external router to route Inter-VLAN traffic.

Lab Exercise: Monitoring Cisco Express Forwarding

This lab is to monitor the default behavior of Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF).

e-Lab Activity: Implementing Multilayer Switching in the Network

In this lab, the student will verify that Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) is operating correctly.

Lab Exercise 1: Inter-VLAN Routing with the Internal Route Processor

The purpose of this lab is to configure Inter-VLAN routing using a switch with an internal route processor.

Lab Exercise 2: Routing Between an External Router and an Internal Route Processor

This lab is to configure routing between an internal route processor and an external router.

e-Lab Activity: Implementing Layer 3 Services

In this lab, the student will first remove the VLANs that connect the distribution switches. Then the student will assign IP network addresses to the VLANs so they act as individual subnets, and activate the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) as a Layer 3 routing protocol between the VLANs, allowing traffic to pass between them. The student will then verify the path by pinging between host PCs.

: Implementing Redundancy in the Routing Layer

Lab Exercise 1: Hot Standby Router Protocol

Configure Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) on a pair of routers to provide redundant fault tolerant router services to a network.

Lab Exercise 2 Multigroup Hot Standby Router Protocol

Configure Multigroup Hot Standby Router Protocol (MHSRP) on a pair of routers to provide redundant router services to a network.

e-Lab Activity: Improving Availability in Multilayer Switched Networks

In this lab, the student will configure HSRP, observe its behavior and troubleshoot if necessary.

: Minimizing Service Loss and Data Theft in a Switched Network

Lab Exercise: Configuring Protected Ports

The student will configure Private VLAN Edge protected ports.

Lab Exercise 1: Catalyst 2950 and 3550 Series Intra-VLAN Security

Configure intra-VLAN security with Access Control Lists (ACLs) using the command-line interface (CLI) mode.

Lab Exercise 2: Configuring VLAN Maps

In this lab, students will configure VLAN Access Control Lists (ACLs) for IP addresses in a common VLAN.

e-Lab Activity: Optimizing and Securing Multilayer Switched Networks

In this lab, the student will configure VLAN access control lists (VACLs) and a Terminal Access Controller Access Control System + (TACACS+) server.

Lab Exercise 1: Restricting Virtual Terminal Sessions with Access Lists

In this lab, students will define and apply access lists to restrict access to virtual terminal sessions on the switch.

Lab Exercise 2: Restricting Web Interface Sessions with Access Lists

In this lab, students will define and apply access lists to restrict access to the Web interface on the switch.

Lab Exercise 1: Setting Encrypted Passwords

In this lab students will configure passwords on switch console ports and virtual terminal lines.

Lab Exercise 2: Using Local Usernames and Passwords

In this lab, students will configure multiple local usernames with passwords. These will be used for login authentication on the console port and virtual terminal lines.

Lab Exercise 4: Configuring the Management VLAN on a Single Switch

In this lab, students will configure and use a non-default Management VLAN.

Lab Exercise 1: Creating a Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Session

In this lab a Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) session will be created to remotely monitor network traffic.

Lab Exercise 2: Creating a VSPAN Session

In this lab a VLAN Switchport Analyzer (VSPAN) session is created to remotely monitor network traffic.

Lab Exercise 3: Creating a RSPAN Session

In this lab a Remote Switchport Analyzer (RSPAN) session will be created on two switches to remotely monitor network traffic.

: Configuring Campus Switches to Support Voice and Video Applications

e-Lab Activity: Classifying, Marketing, and Implementing QoS Using Policy Maps

In this lab, the student will apply a QoS policy to one of the Building Distribution switches.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Egress Queues on Gigabit Ethernet Ports

In this lab, the student will identify packets by QoS Class of Service (CoS), assign them to a specific egress queue when leaving a QoS domain, and invoke a strategy to assign bandwidth allocation per queue.

Lab 8.1.10.1 Classifying Traffic using Class of Service at the Access Layer

Lab 8.1.10.2 Introduction to the Modular QoS Command-Line Interface

Lab 8.1.10.3 QoS Classification and Policing Using CAR

Lab 8.1.10.4 Weighted Fair Queuing

Lab 8.1.10.5 Configuring WRED on an Interface

Lab 8.1.10.6 Configuring WRED with CBWFQ

Lab 8.1.10.7 Configuring Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)

Lab 8.1.10.8 Configuring Generic Traffic Shaping (GTS)

Lab 8.1.10.9 QoS Manually Configured Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

Lab 8.1.10.10 Quality of Service Dynamic Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

Lab 8.1.10.11 Configuring Link Fragmentation and Interleaving

Lab 8.1.10.12 QoS Compressed Real Time Protocol




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