What You Will Learn!
- Ethernet LANs Fundamentals - Physical
- Ethernet LANs Fundamentals - DataLink
- Switch Introduction and Console Connection
- Command Line Interface [CLI] Fundamentals
- Basic Switch Management
- Switch Interfaces
- Ethernet LAN Switching
- Switch Miscellaneous Topics
- Power Over Ethernet ( POE )
- Wake On LAN ( WOL )
- Virtual LAN [ VLAN ]
- Access and Trunk Interface
- Allowed VLANs and DTP
- VTP and Voice VLAN
- Inter VLAN Routing - ROAS
- Multi Layser Switching [MLS]
- Spanning-Tree Protocol
- STP Uplinkfast
- STP Backbone Fast
- Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol [RSTP]
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol [MST]
- EtherChannel
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]
- Switch Port Security
- DHCP Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection [DAI]
- Port ACL [PACL]
- VLAN ACL [VACL]
- LAN Architecture
- Hierarchical LAN Design Model
- Campus LAN Design and Best Practices
- Enterprise Network Architecture Options
- Hot Standby Router Protocol [HSRP]
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol [VRRP]
- Gateway Load Balancing Protocol [GLBP]
- High Availability Network Services
- PortChannel - Static Method (NX-OS)
- PortChannel - LACP Method (NX-OS)
Description
A network switch is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device.
A network switch is a multiport network bridge that uses MAC addresses to forward data at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model. Some switches can also forward data at the network layer (layer 3) by additionally incorporating routing functionality. Such switches are commonly known as layer-3 switches or multilayer switches.
A switch is a device in a computer network that connects other devices together. Multiple data cables are plugged into a switch to enable communication between different networked devices. Switches manage the flow of data across a network by transmitting a received network packet only to the one or more devices for which the packet is intended. Each networked device connected to a switch can be identified by its network address, allowing the switch to direct the flow of traffic maximizing the security and efficiency of the network.
An Ethernet switch operates at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model to create a separate collision domain for each switch port. Each device connected to a switch port can transfer data to any of the other ports at any time and the transmissions will not interfere. Because broadcasts are still being forwarded to all connected devices by the switch, the newly formed network segment continues to be a broadcast domain. Switches may also operate at higher layers of the OSI model, including the network layer and above. A switch that also operates at these higher layers is known as a multilayer switch.
Who Should Attend!
- Enterprise Network Engineer