Course Outline: (60 hours)
Module 1: Network Design theory and tools
1. Network project design and implementation procedure
2. Visio
3. SecureCRT
4. Wireshark
5. Documentation
Module 2: Switch upgrade project (detailed step-by-step case)
1. Requirements
2. Get budget and settle down the design
3. Get quotation and PO
4. Order the devices and others
5. Pre-configure the devices and deliver
6. Schedule to install devices and implementation
7. Update the documents and diagram
8. Technical verification
9. Lab
Module 3: Big Office Network project
1. Overview
2. Location and cabling
3. Logical design
4. Optimization: STP, VTP, and QoS
5. Lab
Module 4: Cisco firewall setup and implementation project
1. Overview
2. Basic configuration on PIX firewall
3. Advanced configuration on PIX firewall
4. Firewall failover
5. Troubleshooting cases
6. Lab
Module 5: VPN network design and implementation project
1. Overview
2. VPN theory
3. Route-based VPN and policy-based VPN on NetScreen Firewall
4. Advanced features on NetScreen Firewall
5. Lab
Module 6: NSM installation and setup project
1. Overview
2. Install and setup VMware on Windows Server
3. Install and setup Redhat AS 3 in VMWare
4. Install and setup NSM2007 on Radhat AS 3
5. Install and setup NSM client on Windows PC
6. Install, setup and maintain NSM HA
Module 7: Internet Gateway project
1. Overview
2. Requirements
3. Consideration to design
4. Implementation and support
5. Troubleshooting
6. Lab
Module 8: MPLS migration project (detailed step-by-step case)
1. Theory of MPLS
2. Why to use MPLS
3. When to use MPLS
4. How to design MPLS
5. How to implement MPLS
6. How to support MPLS network
7. Lab
Module 9: Out of band Network Management project
1. Traffic type
2. Design
3. Implementation and support
4. Lab
Module 10: Network Optimization – QoS project
1. Overview
2. QoS basic: queuing, policing and traffic shaping
3. When and how to optimize network traffic
4. Lab
Module 11: Network Best Practice project
1. Overview
2. What and why
3. How to use
4. Lab
Module 12: Writing a Professional Resume
1. What is the resume?
2. Preparation before writing the resume
3. Organize the resume
4. Modify and post the resume
5. Hand in your resume
Module 13: Technical Interview preparation
1. Overview
2. When and why does the technical Interview need?
3. Summarization of key knowledge for technical interview
4. Mock Interview
Module 14: Voice over IP basic and implementation project
1. Overview
2. Voice basic knowledge
3. Enterprise network traffic
4. Design and implement the network with data, voice and security
Module 15: Others
1. GSS (Global Site Selector)
2. CSS (Cisco Service Switching)
3. RSA SecurID
4. Labs
On-site or remotely operate on real routers, switches and firewalls!
Network devices include the following:
• 2 Cisco 3550 PoE Multilayer switches
• 2 Cisco 2600xm routers
• 6 Cisco 3600 serial router
• 3 Cisco 2600 serial routers
• 2 Cisco 3810 MCS routers
• 5 Cisco 2500 serial routers
• 1 Cisco 2924MX switch
• 1 Cisco 2950-24 switch
• 2 NetScreen 5GT firewalls
• 2 Cisco PIX firewalls
• 1 Nokia IP330 firewall
• 1 Juniper SSA 700 VPN
• 6 Juniper routers
• 1 Cisco ACS server, RSA SecurID server, NSM, and Solarwinds
Dynamips Cisco 7200／3600 Simulator: on your home PC