De ate Wa Sikandar Shaik CCIEX2About the Author Sikandar Shaik, a dual CCIE (RS/SP# 35012), isa highly experienced and extremely driven senior technical instructor and network consultant. He has been training networking courses for more than 10 years, teaching on a wide range of topics including Routing and Switching, Service Provider and Security (CCNA to CCIE). In addition, he has been developing and updating the content for these courses. He has assisted many engineers in passing out the lab examinations and securing certifications. Sikandar Shaik is highly skilled at designing, planning, coordinating, maintaining, troubleshooting and implementing changes to various aspects of multi-scaled, multi-platform, multi-protocol complex networks as well as course development and instruction for a technical workforce ina varied networking environment. His experience includes responsibilities ranging from operating and maintaining PC's and peripherals to network control programs for multi-faceted data communication networks in LAN, MAN and WAN environments. Sikandar Shaik has delivered in countries like China, Kenya and UAE. He has also worked as a Freelance Cisco Certified Instructor globally for Corporate Major Clients, ructor led trainings in several states in India as well as in abroad Acknowledgment First and foremost I would like to thank the Almighty for his continued blessings and for always being there for me. You have given me the power and confidence to believe in myself and pursue my dreams. I could never have done this without the faith I have in you. Secondly I would like to thank the NOA Solutions team for their continued support, dedication and hard work which helped me in delivering a better product. I would like to thank my family for understanding my long nights at the computer. I have spent lot of time on preparing workbooks and this workbook would not have been possible without their support and encouragement. I would also like to recognize the cooperation of my students who took my trainings and workbooks. I believe my workbooks have helped them in upskilling themselves with respect to the subject and technologies and I will continue preparing workbooks for the updated technology versions. Shaik Gouse Moinuddin Sikandar CCIE x 2 (RS/SP) Feedback Please send feedback if there are any issues with respect to the content of this workbook. I would also appreciate suggestions from you which can improve this workbook further. Kindly send your feedback and suggestions at info@noasolutions.comImplementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (300-115) Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH 300-15) is a 120-minute qualifying exam with 45-55 questions for the Cisco CCNP and CCDP certifications. ‘The SWITCH 300-115 exam certifies the switching knowledge and skills of successful candidates. They are certified in planning,configuring, and verifying the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions that use the Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture. ‘The SWITCH exam also covers highly secure integration of VLANs and WLANs. The following topics are general guidelines for the content that is likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific version of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity. the following guidelines may change at any time notice. yout INDEX Auto-negotiation, Speed, and Duplex 5 Virtual LAN 6 LAB ~Verify VLAN 2 Trunking we IT LAB : Trunking .. 20 DTP (DYNAMIC TRUNKING PROTOCOL 30 NATIVE VLAN ll Inter-VLAN Routing options... Inter-Vlan routing using Separate Phisical Gateways Inter-Vian routing using sub-interfaces .. Inter-Vlan routing using Multilayer switch. Extended VLAN «a... veel .. go 57 Voice VLAN 59 VLAN Trunking Protocol 62 LAB: VIP cecesecereestecseeneeeeee secnseetinenetensneteneeneeeneeneee 68 VIP Version 3 7 LAB: VTP version 3 79 VIP Pruning .. eeseneeneeee 95 LAB: VTP Pruning.. 98. Spanning-tree Protocol 109 LAB: VERIFYING SPANNING-TREE .. 9 LAB: Tuning STP (cost/proirity/Timers) .. 124 Hierachial Campus Model ese . BT STP : Selecting Root Bridge .... 132 LAB: Per VLAN STP: 133 Etherchannel 150 LAB : Configruing Ether-Channel Using Pagp Protocol Negotiator 155 Layer 3 Etherchannel .. 159