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Advanced Routing & Switching for Field Engineers (ARSFE)
 
Who should attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

    * Cisco Premier Channel Partner Field Engineers

    * Cisco Customer Network Engineers

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

    * Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

    * CCNP or equivalent knowledge and
    * skills in Cisco routing and switching technologies

Prerequisite courses:

    * Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)
    * Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)
    * Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW)
    * Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT)
    * MPLS knowledge equivalent to the CCIP level—prerequisite course: Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS)

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

    * Define advanced capabilities of Cisco routers and switches, and list the hardware platforms that implement the advanced technologies
    * Securely manage Cisco network devices and monitor the network using Syslog, NTP, and NetFlow services
    * Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 high availability on Cisco routers and switches, including hardware and software redundancy on modular switches
    * Configure and troubleshoot MPLS VPNs

Course Content

The Advanced Routing and Switching for System Engineers (ARSFE) 2.0 course helps learners to configure and monitor advanced routing and switching services in Cisco devices. The course starts with an overview of advanced technologies such as security, bandwidth and application optimization and quality of service (QoS) as implemented in Cisco devices. The main families of Cisco routers and switches are described with respect to their hardware and software characteristics. The course then focuses on some advanced aspects of network management, including secure management access (Secure Shell [SSH]) and network monitoring with Syslog, Network Time Protocol (NTP), and Netflow services. High availability on Layer 2 (EtherChannel and Rapid Spanning Tree [RSTP]) and on Layer 3 (Hot Standby Router Protocol [HSRP], Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol [VRRP], and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol [GLBP]) is presented through configuration examples, followed by description of hardware and software redundancy on high-end modular switches. The course concludes with extensive explanation of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), with special attention to troubleshooting aspects of this technology.