Franske ITC-2610 Assignments
Labs
You are responsible for completing ALL of these labs. You must submit a lab report for each chapter (you may combine multiple labs from the chapter into a single report). If you work with a partner on a lab you only need to submit a single lab report for the two of you but it must have both your names on it. Each lab report is worth up to 20 points. This falls into the Labs/Homework category of your course grade.
- CCNA Review Lab
- Lab 1-1: Baseline Lab
- Lab 3-1: VLAN-TRUNK-VTP
- NOTE: In this lab you will encounter a few things that are different because our DLS switches are 3650 instead of 3560 models. In particular the 3650 has Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of Fast Ethernet so all commands on the ports (including port ranges) need to use Gigabit... instead of FastEthernet... The numbering scheme for the ports is also different (like GigabitEthernet1/0/1 instead of FastEthernet0/1) so make adjustments accordingly. You can view a list of the port names on your switch by using the show ip interface brief command.
- NOTE: In this lab you will encounter a few things that are different because our DLS switches are 3650 instead of 3560 models. The newer Cisco 3650 switches do not support ISL trunking mode any longer and will not accept the switchport trunk encapsulation commands. The switches use 802.1q by default for trunk link encapsulation. Adjust your labs accordingly.
- Lab 3-2: Etherchannel
- Lab 4-1: STP
- Lab 4-2: MST
- Lab 5-1: Inter-VLAN Routing
- Lab 5-2: DHCP
- Lab 6-1: FHRP with HSRP and VRRP
- NOTE: The Cisco 3650 routers with IOS XE do not appear to run VRRP v2 so there is no vrrp command available once you get into the interface configuration mode. Instead you should complete the VRRP portion of this lab using VRRP v3. See the How to Configure VRRPv3 Protocol Support document from Cisco.
- NOTE: To enable VRRP v3 on your device run fhrp version vrrp v3 in global configuration mode. Once VRRP v3 is configured you will have a vrrp command available in the interface configuration mode but note that the configuration is a little different and requires entering a VRRP subconfiguration mode see an example configuration in the Cisco documentation which you can use to figure out how to complete the lab.
- Lab 6-2: HSRP for IPv6
- Lab 6-3: Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
- Lab 7-1: NTP
- Lab 7-2: SNMP
- NOTE: In this lab you need to use the MIB Browser from ManageEngine. You may need to download and install this on your lab PC. You can find the free software on this ManageEngine page. When you install it you do not have permissions to install it on the host OS so you will need to create virtual machine and install the software in the VM.
- NOTE: The Cisco 3650 switches do not allow you to enable all traps, you need to select a specific category of traps to enable. For the purposes of the lab enabling 'config' traps should allow you to generate some traps by making configuration changes to your device.
- Lab 8-1: IP SLA and SPAN Protocol
- Lab 10-1: Securing Layer 2
- Lab 10-2: Securing VLANs
Homework
Any homework assigned in the course will go here. This falls into the Labs/Homework category of your course grade. Remember, for homework assignments turn in the actual pages from your lab book or printouts from the curriculum and not a lab report. Homework assignment are individual, you and your lab partner need to both turn them in separately even if you work on them together.
- Participate in an online forum discussion (typically 3 quality posts or more) of each chapter on the NetSpace site. See forum posting page for details. (up to 10 points each chapter based on quality)
Participation Activities
Any participation activities completed in the course will go here. This falls into the participation category of your course grade.
- Meet with the instructor once per week to discuss course progress and ask questions (up to 10 points each based on progress)
Unit Assessments
You are responsible for completing all of the online unit assessments listed below. These fall into the online assessments category of your course grade.
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
Other
You are also responsible for completing these things, see the course syllabus for category and weighting information.
- Online Final Exam
- Skills Final Exam
Lab Project
In this class you and a partner will need to complete a lab project and write a project report which will be due towards the end of the course, see the course calendar for details. You have three weeks of class to work on this project so it is assumed that you will have about 12 hours of lab work to do and at least that much time outside class for additional research, the scope of the project you propose should take that into account.
You should select a topic related to enterprise network switching to do additional lab work around. This could be one of the topics discussed in the book but which the lab you already completed did not fully explore or it could be another topic which is somehow related to enterprise switching. Once you have an idea for a topic get it approved by the course instructor this should be done BEFORE the first week dedicated for project work. You will also need to make sure that the features for your topic are supported by the switches in the lab or by other switches you have access to.
Example topics include (some of these may be too small to do just one and should be combined):
- Advanced SNMP configuration (e.g. polling switch statistics with third-party software)
- Exploring performance and features of process switching vs. fast switching vs. CEF
- Multicasting and IGMP snooping
- EtherChannel load balancing options and performance testing
- Advanced TCL Scripting for Cisco Devices
- Configuring 802.1x for Switch Port Authentication
- Configuration of LLDP
- Advanced IP SLA configuration
- Network programmability (e.g. REST API configuration)
Grading
There will be two primary components to your grade for the project, a lab report and a presentation.
You will be turning in a lab report using the same format you have used for other lab reports in the class but it will be longer as this is a much more substantial project. Lab reports for this project should be about 4 pages long (single spaced) and include all the regular sections of a lab report (what you did, what problems you had, how you tested, and what you learned. The project lab report will be worth 100 points.
In addition you will receive a grade on a 10 minute presentation to the class. The presentation should be interesting, engaging, informative, and factually correct. It is a good idea to show off your actual work as much as possible (not just talk about it) so you are strongly encouraged to find a way to demonstrate something "live" during the presentation.
The presentation score is comprised of:
- Topic Content (30 Points)
- Was the topic appropriate for the course project? Was the content presented accurate and did it provide a good overview of the topic and the work done? Was the amount of work done appropriate for a large course project?
- Presentation Skills (30 Points)
- How well did the group do explaining the content? Were they able to adequately answer appropriate questions from the class? Was the presentation professional and well prepared?
- Engagement (20 Points)
- How well did the group engage the class in their presentation? This could include getting or asking questions of the class, using appropriate visual aids, etc. How well did the group express excitement and interest in the topic of their presentation?
- Overall Quality (20 Points)
- Did you learn something or get something clarified in your mind? Did you feel listening to this presentation was worth your time? Was this a "good" presentation? Are you interested to learn more about this topic having heard this presentation? Do you have a good understanding of how you could use this to solve future problems you come across?
Skills Final Exam
The Skills Final Exam is designed to test your ability to apply the concepts learned in this class and practiced in labs to common, real-world scenarios.