Advanced Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switching (CAT6KS)

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Course code

CAT6KS

Skill level

Advanced

Duration

5 days

Modality

Course type

Public or Private

Price

$3295 plus tax

This course is given on these dates and locations:

Date	Location	Delivery type
August 13, 2012	Ottawa, Ontario Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia	UILT UILT UILT	Enroll Enroll Enroll
August 13, 2012	Calgary	ILT	Enroll
August 13, 2012	Edmonton	ILT	Enroll
August 13, 2012	Winnipeg	ILT	Enroll
August 13, 2012	Montreal	ILT	Enroll
August 13, 2012	Quebec City	ILT	Enroll
August 13, 2012	Halifax	ILT	Enroll

This course enables customers to build scalable, reliable, and intelligent Data Center and Campus networks using Catalyst 6500 Series switches. CAT6KS also provides advanced switching training to supplement the CCNP SWITCH class and provides a design-concept module focused on the Catalyst 6500 features that differentiate the Catalyst 6500 as a solution for next-generation Data Center and Campus networks.

Special note

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Prerequisites

SWITCH or equivalent knowledge

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Audience

Primary Audience:

• systems and field engineers

• consulting system engineers

• technical solution architects

Secondary audience:

• Cisco integrators

• Cisco partners installing and implementing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

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Skills taught

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have achieved the following objectives:

• describing the options and hardware available for the Catalyst 6500 Switches: Chassis, Line Card, Supervisor, MSFC, PFC, SFM, DFC, Power Supplies, Architecture, Service Modules Overview

• virtual Switching System 1440 Architecture, Operation and Configuration

• deploying and examining IOS Software Modularity

• recovering the supervisor password

• managing and upgrading IOS on Catalyst 6500

• VLAN enhancements: VTP and Trunk Configuration guidelines and restrictions

• Spanning-Tree, rapid and multiple Spanning-Tree operation

• Spanning-Tree enhancements: BPDU guard and filter, root guard, loop guard, PortFast, UplinkFast, BackboneFast

• using unidirectional link detection

• using EtherChannel including MultiChassis EtherChannel in VSS mode

• configuring NetFlow and NDE

• understanding and implementing Catalyst 6500 QoS options

• deploying and examining embedded Event Manager

• utilizing automated diagnostics

• implementing SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN

• implementing high availability features

• implementing Catalyst 6500 Stateful Switchover options

• network security enhancements

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Advanced Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switching (CAT6KS)

• Applying the Enterprise Composite Model

• Describing the Campus Infrastructure Module

• Deploying technology in the Campus Infrastructure Module

• Catalyst 6500 Architecture Overview

• Configuring the Catalyst 6500 Chassis

• Using the Cisco Power Calculator

• Introducing the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Modules

• Introducting the Catalyst 6500 Line Cards

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