Course Duration

3 Days

Delivery Method

Available as Classroom Instructor-led training, Virtual Instructor-led training and self-paced eLearning

Mandatory Prerequisite

The ‘Meet Extreme Switching’ Welcome Series certification is a mandatory prerequisite and must be completed prior to attending the Extreme Switching – Installation and Configuration class. You should already possess a solid grasp of LAN concepts, including advanced Ethernet and TCP/IP. To learn the basics of networking, see Extreme Academy.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will have gained the working knowledge to:

• Understand Layer 2 mechanisms and ways to implement and configure them in ExtremeXOS/SwitchEngine devices
• Understand Layer 3 mechanisms and ways to implement and configure them in ExtremeXOS/SwitchEngine devices
• Earn a learning credential on the Professional Program training path

Overview

Students will learn methods to properly deploy and configure their switching and routing environments using the ExtremeXOS/SwitchEngine CLI. This knowledge will be reinforced through actual hands-on experience with networking equipment in a lab environment, where students will perform real world tasks.

Course agenda

• Layer 2 Operations
  • VLAN Principles and Operations
  • Discovery Protocols
  • L2 Loop Prevention and Redundancy
  • Spanning Tree Protocol • Link Aggregation
  • MLAG
  • EAPS, ERPS
  • ELRP, SLPP Guard
• Layer 3 Operations
  • Routing Overview
  • Static Routing
  • VR, VRF
  • Gateway Redundancy
  • OSPF
  • IP Multicast
  • PIM
  • IPv6 Operations