What you will learn in this Course
  • Layer 2 Switching Lab
Layer 2 switching
  • Introduction to layer 2 switching
  • How the switch populates its MAC address table
  • Switching Loops at layer 2
  • Port Security
Configuring Catalyst Switches
  • Basic Administration Configuration
  • Advanced Administration Configuration
  • Verifying Cisco Catalyst Switches
  • Backing up Switch configurations
Enhanced Switched Techonologies
  • The Spanning-Tree Protocol
  • Types of Spanning-Tree
  • Per-vlan Spanning-Tree
  • Modifying the Switch Bridge ID
Manipulating Spanning-Tree Protocol
  • Using the Portfast command
  • Using the BPDUGUARD command
  • Verifying Spanning-Tree Protocol
Vlan Basics
  • Broadcast Control using Vlans
  • Security using Vlans
  • Flexibility and Scalability
Identifying Vlans
  • Switchport modes
  • Frame Tagging
  • Vlan Identification Method
Routing between vlans
  • Do we need routers?
  • Creating Vlans
  • Naming and assigning Vlans
  • Configuring Trunk Ports
  • Changing the Native Vlans
Router Configuration
  • Inter-Vlan configurations
Virtual Trunking Protocol
  • Defining VTP
Summary of Layer 2 Switching
  • The importance of creating a secure, redundant and fast switched network
  • Layer 2 Switching Exam