Module Descriptors
BUILDING MULTILAYER SWITCHED NETWORKS
COCS60339
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Email: C.Howard@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 90
Independent Study Hours: 60
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 50%
- ASSIGNMENT - PRACTICAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 50% coursework typically an online assessment or case study of approximately 1500 words (Learning Outcomes 1, 3 and 4).
Practical Coursework 50% (Learning Outcome 2).
Practical Coursework 50% (Learning Outcome 2).
Module Indicative Content
Building Multilayer Switched Networks is the third of four modules leading to the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) designation. Building Multilayer Switched Networks introduces students to the deployment of the state-of-the-art campus LANs. The module focuses on the selection and implementation of the appropriate services to build reliable scalable multilayer-switched LANs. Students will develop skills in connection with VLANs, VTP, STP, inter-VLAN routing, multilayer switching, redundancy, Cisco AVVID solutions, QoS issues, campus LAN security, and emerging transparent LAN services. This hands-on, lab-oriented module stresses the design, implementation, operation, and troubleshooting of switched and routed environments. Upon completion of this module, students will have performed tasks related to:
- Network requirements
- defining VLANs
- implementing spanning tree
- implementing inter-VLAN routing
- implementing high availability in a campus environment
- wireless LANs
- configuring campus switches to support voice
- minimising service loss and data theft in a campus network.
- Network requirements
- defining VLANs
- implementing spanning tree
- implementing inter-VLAN routing
- implementing high availability in a campus environment
- wireless LANs
- configuring campus switches to support voice
- minimising service loss and data theft in a campus network.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Only available for study as a part of the Network Optimisation award. It is recommended that the learner has CCNA or equivalent. Only available for study as a part-time evening module at full market value cost.
Module Texts
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) (Authorized Self-study Guide); 4 edition, 2007, Richard Froom, Balaji Sivasubramanian, Erum Frahim; Cisco Press; ISBN-10: 1587052733, ISBN-13: 978-1587052736
Module Resources
On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc.
CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed CCNP 3.
CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed CCNP 3.
Module Learning Strategies
The module is:
- Self-managed learning using on-line material
- The module will be delivered over 15 weeks, 2 x 3hr evenings, Each evening typically compromising one I hour lecture per session to supplement on-line material and 2hrs practical experimentation
- On-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- 30 hours lectures and 60 hours labs / tutorial
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- Self-managed learning using on-line material
- The module will be delivered over 15 weeks, 2 x 3hr evenings, Each evening typically compromising one I hour lecture per session to supplement on-line material and 2hrs practical experimentation
- On-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- 30 hours lectures and 60 hours labs / tutorial
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