Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
- Published by: Cisco Press
- Edition: 1st Edition January 6, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1587132141
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1587132148
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Book Dimensions:
10.6 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
CCNP Building Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN 642-812) Lab Portfolio provides you with opportunities for hands-on practice to master the technologies necessary to design, implement, operate, and troubleshoot multilayer switched networks.
The labs reinforce your understanding of how to install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot network infrastructure equipment to deploy state-of-the-art campus LANs. The book focuses on the selection and implementation of the appropriate Cisco® IOS® services to build reliable, scalable, multilayer-switched LANs. Other topic areas of the course include VLANs, Spanning Tree Protocol, wireless client access, minimizing service loss, and minimizing data theft in a campus network.
Those preparing for the Building Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN 642-812) certification exam should work through this book cover-to-cover. If you need to quickly review configuration examples, you can go directly to the relevant chapter.
CCNP Building Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN 642-812) Lab Portfolio includes
- 19 Labs built to support v5 of the Building Multilayer Switched Networks course within the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum providing ample opportunity to practice.
- 2 Challenge and Troubleshooting Labs have been added to the core curriculum to test your extreme proficiency of the topics.
- 2 Case Studies to give you a taste of what is involved in a fully functioning switching network covering all the technologies taught in this course. Even if you do not have the actual equipment to configure these more complex topologies, it is worth reading through these labs to expand your thinking into more complex networking solutions.
David Kotfila, CCNP®, CCAI, is the director of the Cisco Networking Academy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York.
Joshua Moorhouse, CCNP, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor of science in computer science, where he also worked as a teaching assistant in the Cisco Networking Academy. He currently works as a network engineer at Factset Research Systems.
Christian M. Price Sr., CCNP, is an instructor in the Cisco Networking Academy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Ross Wolfson, CCIE® No. 16696, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor of science in computer science. He currently works as a network engineer at Factset Research Systems.
Use this Lab Portfolio with:
CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide
Fourth Edition
ISBN-10: 1-58720-171-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-171-4
CCNP BCMSN Portable Command Guide
ISBN-10: 158-720-188-7
ISBN-13: 978-158720-188-2
This book is part of the Cisco Networking Academy Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series support and complement the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum.
About The Author
David Kotfila, CCNP, CCAI, is the director of the Cisco Academy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York. Under his direction, 350 students have received their CCNA, 150 students have received their CCNP, and 8 students have obtained their CCIE. David is a consultant for Cisco working as a member of the CCNP assessment group. His team at RPI has authored the four new CCNP lab books for the Academy program. David has served on the National Advisory Council for the Academy program for four years. Previously, he was the senior training manager at PSINet, a Tier 1 global ISP. When David is not staring at his gorgeous wife Kate or talking with his two wonderful children, Chris and Charis, he likes to kayak, hike in the mountains, and lift weights.
Joshua Moorhouse, CCNP, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS in computer science. While there, he also worked as a teaching assistant in the Cisco Networking Academy. He currently works as a network engineer at Factset Research Systems in Norwalk, Connecticut. Josh enjoys spending time with his wife Laura, his family, and friends.
Christian M. Price Sr., CCNP, attended Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, where he studied computer information systems. From 1997 to 2001, he worked for PSINet, one of the first Internet service providers and a major player in the commercialization of the Internet. Christian worked as a technical project manager with the Carrier and ISP Services group during his time at PSINet. He currently works with a credit union focusing on LAN/WAN design and implementation as well as implementation of a VoIP infrastructure for the organization. Christian is also an instructor in the Cisco Academy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He lives with his loving wife and children in Grafton, New York.
Ross G. Wolfson, CCIE No. 16696, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a BS in computer science. He currently works as a network engineer at Factset Research Systems. Ross enjoys spending time with his friends, running, and biking.
Reader Reviews
This book consists almost entirely of commands and CLI session dumps from actual device configurations. This can be useful as a reference on correct configuration of devices within the scope of the BCMSN exam. The lab manual poses good questions for thought on the subject matter, however the lack of any sort of answers or discussion on the questions is disappointing. This is a good place to start if you have the hardware available and want to get experience configuring devices on BCMSN topics. You could work from these labs to get yourself very familiar with these subjects, but you would probably want other resources. The official exam certification guide is still going to be your primary resource for learning this material. This is a useful supplement for actual device configurations as you learn the material.
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