Network+/Operations/Switching
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This lesson covers switching.
Objectives and Skills
editObjectives 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
- VLAN
Readings
editMultimedia
edit- Watch YouTube: Configuring VLANs - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
- Watch YouTube: Spanning Tree Protocol - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
- Watch YouTube: Switch Interface Configuration - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
- Watch YouTube: Power Over Ethernet - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.
- Watch YouTube: Switch Management - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 2.6.