Computer Networks/Operations/Switching

This lesson covers switching.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the switching portion of Network+ certification include:^[1]

• Given a scenario, configure a switch using proper features
  • VLAN
    • Native VLAN/Default VLAN
    • VTP
  • Spanning tree (802.1d)/rapid spanning tree (802.1w)
    • Flooding
    • Forwarding/blocking
    • Filtering
  • Interface configuration
    • Trunking/802.1q
    • Tag vs untag VLANs
    • Port bonding (LACP)
    • Port mirroring (local vs remote)
    • Speed and duplexing
    • IP address assignment
    • VLAN assignment
  • Default gateway
  • PoE and PoE+ (802.3af, 802.3at)
  • Switch management
    • User/passwords
    • AAA configuration
    • Console
    • Virtual terminals
    • In-band/Out-of-band management
  • Managed vs unmanaged

Multimedia

1. Watch YouTube: Configuring VLANs - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
2. Watch YouTube: Spanning Tree Protocol - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
3. Watch YouTube: Switch Interface Configuration - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
4. Watch YouTube: Power Over Ethernet - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
5. Watch YouTube: Switch Management - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.

References