BCMSN (Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks)

Prerequisites
To fully benefit from BCMSN students must have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge:

• Basic router configuration
• Basic switch configuration
• Basic VLAN configuration
• Spanning Tree Protocol configuration
• Inter-Switch Link configuration
• Standard access list configuration

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to meet the following overall objectives:

• Given a campus design that includes multilayer switching over Fast Ethernet, deploy the required Cisco products and services that enable connectivity and traffic transport.
• Implement the necessary services at each layer of the network to all users to obtain membership in multicast groups in a working multilayer switched network.
• Given a working multilayer switched network, control network traffic by implementing the necessary admission policy at each layer of the network topology.

When presented with an incorrectly working multilayer switched network, restore proper network operations through the use of Cisco devices and external management tools.

Course Content

• Introduction to Switching
• Basics Cisco Switches Commands
• Setting up Vlans in a Single Switch
• Setting up Vlans in Multiple Switches
• Setting up Routing for Vlans
• Basic setup for 5000 Switches and access lists
• Understanding Multicast, broadcast and Unicast
• Understanding Different layer Switching (Layer 2, 4 and 4)
• OSI Model Basics
• Configuring HSRP

Course Content
The following topics are covered in the BCMSN course:

• Overview of a Campus Network
• Building a Campus Network
• Defining Common Workgroups
• Managing Redundant Links
• InterVLAN Routing
• Managing Network Traffic
• Configuring HSRP for a Fault-Tolerant Routing
• Multicast Overview
• Configuring IP Multicast
• Controlling Access to the Campus Network