Cisco Related by MindLeaders BCMSN 642-811
The Cisco BCMSN 640-811 series is designed to help learners prepare and take the qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP® as well as the Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP® certifications. The BCMSN exam (642-811) will test materials covered under the new Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) CCNP course. The exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to build scalable multilayer switched networks; create and deploy a global intranet, and implement basic troubleshooting techniques in environments that use Cisco multilayer switches for client hosts and services. The exam covers topics on switching technology, implementation and operation, planning and design, and troubleshooting.
This series is for anyone preparing for the Cisco BCMSN 642-811 exam or for anyone who wants to learn more about networking. This online course contains 10 lessons and 1 practice exams and should take approximately 25 hours to complete.
Switched Networks, VLANs, and Trunks
This course explains Cisco's design philosophy for creating scalable campus networks, including Cisco's old three-layer hierarchical model and Cisco's new Enterprise Model design The different types of Layer 2 and Layer 3 solutions, including the different Ethernet media types, are compared and contrasted This course also explains how to put a basic configuration on a Catalyst switch, and defines and explains VLANs, trunking, and the Virtual Trunk Protocol (VTP) All three of these areas play an integral part in the setup of VLANs in a network and teaches you how to use the Enterprise Composite Network Model to design networks, compare and contrast Layer 2 switches, routers, Layer 3 switches, and multilayer switches, compare and contrast Ethernet technologies, compare, configure, and troubleshoot dynamic and static VLANs and ISL trunking protocols, configure and troubleshoot trunks and pruning, and describe the three different VTP modes.
Spanning Tree Protocol
This course explains the function of transparent bridges It also details the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), including its components, operation, configuration, and troubleshooting and teaches you how to identify the three main functions of a transparent bridge, articulate how Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) are used, describe how the root switch is elected and how the root and designated ports are chosen, identify the states a port goes through when STP is running and how long convergence can take, compare and contrast CST and PVST, and configure and verify STP on your Catalyst switch.
Enhancements to STP
This course discusses some of the enhancements to STP to help it scale better in large Layer 2 networks Those features covered in depth include PortFast, UplinkFast, BackboneFast, Rapid STP, STP Guard features, and EtherChannels and teaches you how to enable PortFast, UplinkFast, and BackboneFast, use RSTP to scale Layer 2 networks, describe the differences between CST, PVST, and MST, describe the EtherChannel operation and configuration, identify when to use Root Guard, UDLD, and Loop Guard to prevent ST misconfigurations, and troubleshoot STP problems as well as the use of debug commands.
Multilayer Switching
This course explains VLANs contain broadcasts, which enable switched networks to be scaled to much larger sizes To pass traffic between VLANs (different subnets), a Layer 3 device, such as a traditional router or multilayer switch, is needed This course provides both a traditional approach to this issue, using external routers, as well as multilayer switching (MLS) with internal routers and teaches you how to describe the issues when routing between VLANs, configure routing between VLANs on an internal RP using routed and SVI interfaces, configure routing between VLANs on a router-on-a-stick, identify centralized, distributed, and topology-based switching, use, enable, and verify CEF operation, NetFlow, and CEF switching, and articulate the fields rewritten in hardware in the Ethernet frame and IP packet.
Availability and Redundancy
This course focuses on, and provides solutions for, three types of availability and redundancy: hardware, Layer 2, and Layer 3 and teaches you how to list the similarities and differences between RPR and RPR+, use uplink interfaces for redundant switch connections, describe the different methods of default gateway redundancy, articulate the HSRP components, its operation, and configuration, and identify the components and operation of VRRP.
Multicasts
This course differentiates between network traffic types It also details the traffic and bandwidth characteristics required when designing a scalable network and teaches you how to use multicast addresses, list the similarities and differences between IGMPv1, v2, and v3, describe the differences between PIM sparse and dense modes, and configure and verify PIM.
Network Quality of Service
This course discusses IP telephony and some of its issues and solutions It then delves into QoS, discussing QoS components, architecture, and implementation The course also presents the management of congestion with queuing, conditioning traffic, and Campus QoS and teaches you how to identify issues with IP telephony, describe QoS issues and prioritization, differentiate the methods of classifying, marking, and queuing traffic, and identify solutions for increasing link efficiency.
QOS Configuration and Verification
This course covers QoS Configuration and Verification Queuing methods such as WFQ, PQ, IP RTP-PQ, LLQ, and WRRQ are presented The course concludes with a discussion on how WRED can be used to implement congestion avoidance and teaches you how to describe the similarities and differences between the various queuing methods, configure modular QoS CLI and queuing solutions, create classes and policies, and configure WRED on switch interfaces.
MLS Optimization and Security
This course focuses on two areas: capturing traffic to optimize a network and switch security features The first half of this course is dedicated to the SPAN feature of Catalyst switches The second half covers some of the security features included with the IOS switching software These features included basic security and restricting traffic between ports on the switch by using VLAN access control lists (ACLs), port security, and private VLANs and teaches you how to configure SPAN and RSPAN, secure your switch, configure AAA, port security, and 802.1X, use VACLs to secure your network, and describe the components and configuration of private VLANs.
Metro Ethernet
This course describes the problems and solutions that carriers use to transport Ethernet across their MAN backbones and teaches you how to choose a MAN service, understand the similarities and differences in access methods to MANs: access links, 802.1Q trunks, Q-in-Q, and EoMPLS, describe how Q-in-Q and EoMPLS tags frames, and resolve STP issues with redundant MAN connections.
Practice Exam
This course provides two practice exams for the Cisco BCMSN 642-811 certification exam.