Goal: To obtain deeper insight into LAN and WAN technologies, advanced switching and routing to plan, configure, manage and troubleshoot small-to-medium size networks and to implement basic security considerations. In addition to get know the key concepts of software-defined networking and network automation.
Course description: The curriculum introduces LAN design concepts and network scaling possibilities. The course familiarizes the advanced switching (STP, HSRP, EtherChannel), basic and advanced distance-vector and link-state routing concepts (multi-area OSPF, BGP) and also introduces WAN technologies. The course materials also contain the quality requirements of the transmission and Quality of Service (QoS) basics, troubleshooting concepts, IP access-lists and basic security features. Students are also introduced to network management tools and learn key concepts of software-defined networking, including controller-based architectures and how application programming interfaces (APIs) enable network automation.