Advanced Switching

Unit Code:HIT3724

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester or equivalent	60 hrs	Hawthorn, Sarawak	HET424 IP Technologies Preclusion: HIT3714 Internetwork Switching	Nil

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

1 Semester or equivalent

60 hrs

Hawthorn, Sarawak

HET424 IP Technologies

Preclusion: HIT3714 Internetwork Switching

Nil

Related Course/s:

A unit in the Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering), Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (Network Design and Security), and Bachelor of Computing (Network Design and Security)

Aims & Objectives:

Understand the Enterprise Campus Network design
Understand the PPDIOO Lifecycle Approach to Network Design and Implementation
Understand and implement VLAN technologies in a Campus network
Plan, configure, and verify trunking, Private VLANs, link aggregation with Etherchannel
Understand Spanning Tree protocols
Configure, verify and troubleshoot Basic, Rapid and Multiple Spanning Tree
Configure Inter-VLAN routing and DHCP in a Multilayer Switched environment
Understand how to deploy CEF-based Multilayer Switching
Understand and implement High Availability
Understand, configure and verify First Hop redundncy protocols
Understand, configure, and verify security in the Campus infrastructure
Monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot switch performance, connectivity and security issues
Plan for wireless, voice and video application in the Campus network
Understand Quos
Prepare the Campus infrastructure to support wireless, voice and video

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (24 hrs) and Practical Classes (36hrs)

Assessment:

Skills exam, Online tests, Written exam

Generic Skills Outcomes:

The graduate attributes that relate to this unit of study help to produce graduates who have:

in-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline
ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solutions
ability to utilise a systems approach to design operational performance

Content:

Analyzing the Cisco Enterprise Campus architecture
Implementing VLANs in Campus networks
Implementing Spanning Tree
Implementing Inter-VLAN routing
Implementing high availability and redundancy in a Campus network
Securing the Campus infrastructure
Preparing the Campus infrastructure for advanced services

Reading Materials:

Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH) Foundation Learning Guide: Foundation learning for the CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Exam, Froom, R.,Sivasubramanian, B., Frahim