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    Description, Pre requisites

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    Lessons, Course Structure

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Module 1: Network Foundations (2 days)

(Plant / process / maintenance staff with little or no networking background who physically work with and do first-line support on Cat9K / IE9K)

Course Outline

  • Device access & setup
    • console/USB
    • setup dialog,
    • hostname,
    • mgmt IP
    • gateway
  • CLI
    • user / priv / config modes
    • context help, output filtering
  • Config & boot
    • running vs startup,
    • save / erase / reload, image
    • awareness
  • Access security
    • local users,
    • privilege levels
    • console/VTY
    • Telnet vs SSH
  • Discovery
    • CDP,
    • LLDP — reading topology off the device
  • L1
    • copper/fiber
    • SFP types
    • interface status,
    • speed/duplex,
    • error counters,
    • PoE basics
  • L2 fundamentals:
    • MAC address table
    • broadcast/collision domains
    • switching
    • ARP
  • L3 fundamentals
    • IPv4 addressing and subnetting
    • gateway
    • IP route table
    • local vs remote
  • Verify & troubleshoot:
    • ping and traceroute
    • structured L1 → L4 isolation

Lab

(Run on CML virtual labs (IOS XE), with optional use of customer’s Catalyst 9300 / IE9300 / IE3500 hardware for the classroom. Physical media, SFP and PoE checks require the optional Cat9K/IE9K hardware).

  1. Initial access & setup dialog, hostname, mgmt IP, gateway, save / reload
  2. CLI navigation, context help, output filtering; enable SSH & verify login
  3. CDP / LLDP topology discovery across a multi-switch CML lab
  4. Interface status & L1 verification (speed/duplex, error counters)
  5.  MAC address table & ARP inspection during switching
  6.  IPv4 subnetting plan + route-table read; ping / traceroute,  L1 → L4 isolation

 

Module 2: Switching & Routing (2 days)

(Completed Tier 1 or holds CCNA-level background; staff who configure and maintain the LAN)

Course Outline

  • VLANs
    • access/voice ports
    • 802.1Q trunks
    • native VLAN
    • allowed lists
  • Inter-VLAN routing
    • SVIs
    • routed ports
    • sub interfaces
  • EtherChannel
    • LACP / static,
    • load balancing,
    • troubleshooting Loopbacks and their operational use
  • RSTP
    • root placement,
    • port roles/states,
    • edge/PortFast,
    • BPDU & root guard
  • Routing
    • static routes;
    • OSPF single area (neighbors, cost, passive interface)
  • First-hop redundancy
    • HSRP (tracking, preempt)
    • VRRP/GLBP awareness
  • Segmentation
    • VRF-lite
  • Operational services:
    • NTP
    • SNMP v2c/v3
    • Syslog
    • AAA / TACACS+
  • IE PoE behaviors:
    • persistent
    • perpetual
    • fast PoE

Lab

(Run on CML virtual labs (IOS XE), with optional use of customer’s Catalyst 9300 / IE9300 / IE3500 hardware for the classroom. IE PoE behaviours (persistent/perpetual/fast) require the optional IE9K hardware).

  1. VLANs, 802.1Q trunks, native & allowed-VLAN control
  2. Inter-VLAN routing with SVIs and routed ports
  3. EtherChannel (LACP & static), load-balancing & troubleshooting
  4. RSTP root placement, port roles, edge/PortFast, BPDU & root guard
  5. Static routing + OSPF single-area (neighbors, cost, passive interface)
  6. HSRP with interface tracking & preempt (VRRP/GLBP walkthrough)
  7. VRF-lite segmentation
  8. Operational services: NTP, SNMP v3, Syslog, AAA / TACACS+

 

Module 3: Industrial Protocols (1 day)

(Completed Tier 2; OT / convergence engineers supporting IE infrastructure)

  • Ring resiliency:
    • REP (fast / AG)
    • MRP (manager/client, ring & interconnect) vs RSTP convergence
  • Seamless redundancy:
    • PRP (LAN A/B, RedBox, DAN/SAN)
    • HSR ring modes
    • PRP+HSR coupling

Lab

(Industrial labs run on Cisco CML (RSTP /REP) plus an emulator (HSR / PRP / MRP), with full seamless redundancy validation on real IE9300 hardware or a hybrid setup. IOS-XE IE features – The emulator covers configuration, control-plane and data-plane; PRP/HSR Datapath is RedBox-offloaded, so full seamless redundancy failover validation can be performed either on real IE9300 kit or a hybrid setup ie emulator + real IE9300).

Virtual Lab using Cisco CML:

1. RSTP convergence baseline — root placement, port roles/states
2. REP segment config; fast & access-gateway convergence vs RSTP

Virtual Lab using Emulator:

1. MRP manager/client ring + ring interconnect; PROFINET MRP dependency
2. PRP RedBox with DAN/SAN; LAN A/B failover under link loss
3. HSR ring modes; PRP+HSR coupling (RedBox interworking)