Cert-Ex™ Switch Network Simulator Labs

The switch labs made available in the Switch Simulator are given below. The labs are intended to provide some hands-on practice to beginners. It is encouraged that you write your own labs and practice after going through the labs provided here. Please note that we add and/modify the labs from time to time.

Labs

• Switch IOS (Cisco) Fundamental Exercises

  • Introduction to Switch

  • Banner MOTD : Setting Message of the Day

  • Setting Host Name

  • Switch 2960S Console Password Assignment

  • Switch 2960S VTY Password Assignment

  • Switch 2960S – Setting Privileged password

  • Enable Fast Ethernet Interface on a 2960S Switch

  • Copy Running Configuration to Startup Configuration

  • Setting Port Speed and Mode on a Switch

  • Initial Switch Configuration

  • Configuring Port-Security on a Switchport

  • Configuring Port-Security violation mode on a port

  • Catalyst 2960S Switch Configuration

• Basic Exercises

  • 2.1 Lab exercises using Cisco switches

    • Entering User EXEC prompt on a Switch, and exit

    • Introduction to Basic User Interface

    • Basic show commands

    • Short form commands

  • 2.2 Lab exercises using Juniper switches

    • Entering configuration mode on a switch and exit

    • Setting Host name

    • Set interface description

    • Shutdown an interface

    • Basic CLI commands

    • Configure bandwidth on an interface

    • Configuring ether-options on the gigabit ethernet switch interface

    • Configuring the management IP address on EX series switch

• Exercises on Switch Configuration and VLAN

  • 3.1 Lab exercises using Cisco switches

    • Basic Switch IP Configuration

    • Configuring 2960S Switch vlan

    • Troubleshooting 2960S Switch

    • 2960S Trunking Configuration

    • Creating and Deleting 2960S VLAN's

    • Configuring VTP on 2960S Switch

    • Configuring VTP with a VTP Client

    • Troubleshooting lab with non matching domains

    • Troubleshooting lab with trunk functionality

    • VLANs

    • VTP

    • VLANs and Trunking

    • Routing between VLANs

    • Connectivity Testing with Ping and Traceroute

  • 3.2 Lab exercises using Juniper switches

    • Define VLANs

    • Configure a port for membership in that VLAN

    • Configuring an interface as a trunk port

    • Configuring VLANs on EX series switch

    • Configuring Routed VLAN interface (Inter-VLAN routing) on a switch

• Exercises on Spanning Tree Protocol

  • 4.1 Lab exercises using Cisco switches

    • Enabling STP

    • Configuring Root Switch

    • Configuring Port-Priority

    • Configuring Switch Priority of a VLAN

    • Configuring STP Timers

    • Verifying STP

  • 4.2 Lab exercises using Juniper switches

    • Configuring STP Timers

    • Setting bridge priority on switch

    • Configuring port priority

    • Verifying STP

• Exercises on Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol and VSTP

  • 5.1 Lab exercises using Cisco switches

    • Enabling and disabling Uplinkfast feature on a switch

    • Enabling and disabling Backbonefast feature on a switch

    • Enabling and disabling Portfast feature on a switch

    • Enabling PVST+ on a switch

    • Implementing Per-VLAN Spanning tree on a switch network

  • 5.2 Lab exercises using Juniper switches

    • Enabling VSTP in all VLANs

    • Enabling VSTP on a VLAN using a single VLAN-ID/VLAN-Name

• Lab Exercises on PoE (using Juniper switches)

  • Configuring guard-band and maximum power on PoE enabled interface.

  • Configuring power management on PoE enabled interface

  • Disabling a PoE interface

  • Setting power priority on all PoE enabled interfaces

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* - New lab exercises added in latest version 4.0.0 updated on 11/10/2021

Updated on 3-Aug-2022

   

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